Amy Hempel
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300 short stories:: story 231
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried” author: Amy Hempel year: 1985 where: Al Reem Island note: This is Hempel’s first published story. When the narrator says, “I remember only the useless things I hear”, it reminded me of the mother in “Mercedes Kane”who laments in the first paragraph about what she can and cannot…
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300 short stories:: story 228/229/230
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Sing to It” & “The Orphan Lamb” & “Greed” author: Amy Hempel year: 2019 where: Al Reem Island note: These are from her new collection, some are very short. Recommended by my friend, the poet S. Graham. I’m still thinking about the end of “Greed”; I’m not entirely sure what happened. a line: “She was so many years…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 