Sometimes it seems to me that articles asking "Is the novella undergoing a resurgence?" appear as often as articles asking "Is the novel dead?" :)

It is a form I love, and I regret that you ignored the field of science fiction/fantasy, which has always been hospitable to novellas. To recommend a few: "Great Work of Time", by John Crowley; "Story of Your Life", by Ted Chiang; and, as I just reread it, "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye", by A. S. Byatt.

Thank you for pointing this out. The novella continues strong in SF/F.

Thanks so much for this list, Rich. I know Ted Chiang and, of course, Byatt, though haven't read either of these. I'll remedy that! I read too little sci-fi, though THE EMPLOYEES (see above) is categorized (at least by the publisher) as just that.

Ordinary Love and Good Will by Jane Smiley, a pair of bracketed novellas about family. I used to teach "Good Will" told from the 1st person POV of a Vietnam veteran who controls everything about his life, living off the grid at a time when there was no word for that choice. This father begins with his annual income because that's what people always want to know. "I try for exactitude more than anything—$343,67." This is an east coast substance story from a father. "Ordinary Love" is California, told from an affluent mother's POV.

Yes, I love those Smiley novellas. In fact, they're among my favorite of her work. Another of note--and that I've taught several times--is THE AGE OF GRIEF.