100 days 100 short stories:: story thirty-eight

story: Sonny’s Blues

author: James Baldwin

year: 1958

where: Burjeel Hospital, the fanciest hospital cafeteria I’ve ever been in

note: a reread, a favorite, a story for everyone

a line: “Isabel finally confessed that it wasn’t like living with a person at all, it was like living with sound.”





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