american literature
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300 short stories: story 295
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Boy” author: Joyce Carol Oates year: 1988 where: the Ikea kitchen table note: This story is one long sentence! No, wait, two sentences. a line: “I opened his pants and took hold of him but he was soft, breathing fast and shallow, was he afraid?…” theme(s): Teacher student relationship, sex, desperation
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300 short stories: story 284
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Indian Camp” author: Ernest Hemingway year: 1924 where: post-Flywheel, casa dolce casa note: For some summer fun, I’ve enrolled in Oates’ MasterClass (I have many thoughts on these classes for another time) and this short story was part of an assignment. a line: “’No, I don’t have any anesthetic,’ his father said. ‘But her screams are not…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 