The story "Cat Person" was a viral sensation when it appeared in The New Yorker back in 2017. It's the story of a tentative courtship that leads to a bad date or worse depending on your interpretation. The fact that it was published at the height of the #MeToo movement in a magazine whose readership skews older than the protagonists probably accounts for the controversy it engendered.
Most of Roupenian's stories deal with the constant shifting of power in relationships, especially in the early stages where each person is unsure about how to interpret the others' actions and insecure about what they want. She captures this dance beautifully, but I often found the narrative uninteresting.
My favorite story was "The Matchbox Sign" with its portrayal of a married couple dealing with the wife's unexplained illness.
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