Sheila Heti could possibly be my favorite writer, and I haven't even read her book yet.

The Girl Who Was Blind All the Time by Sheila Heti

Read that story from beginning to end. It's incredible.

There are twenty-nine more in her book of stories, The Middle Stories, out now by McSweeney's, but for once, I'm not impressed by a McSweeney's edition.

The Canadian hardcover is far more beautiful and includes seven more stories, even though the McSweeney's book was published AFTERWARD. I don't know why you would do that, unless Heti had some major change of heart. So I went ahead and ordered the Canadian hardcover.

With story titles like The Moon Monologues and Party at Her Place, With Her Piano... you can't go wrong.

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The Middle Stories is the kind of book that other writers read and say, "Aw, shit. I'm sure I would have done something this neat if only I'd had a few more years to mature as a writer and if I drank more."

If asked, she (Sheila Heti) will say she is just a quiet sensitive girl who likes to curl up and read a nice romantic novel on her couch. She may also say she has a catfish in her pants, so it's probably best if you don't talk to her.

-Michael Redhill, author of Martin Sloane