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100 short stories:: story 100
Samantha Neugebauer
story: The Lazy River author: Zadie Smith year: 2017 where: university campus note: I live somewhere that has its own “lazy river”, when did I expect this? I still prefer sometimes-grimy sometimes-lush Brooklyn. a line: “But once you have entered the Lazy River, with all its pliability and ease, its sterilizing chlorine and swift yet manageable currents, it is very hard to accept the…
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100 short stories:: story 95
Samantha Neugebauer
story: Girl author: Jamaica Kincaid year: 1978 where: Abu Dhabi Airport, aboard to Muscat note: domestic arts as the acme of womanhood a line: “…this is how you sweep a corner; this is how you sweep a whole house; this is how you sweep a yard; this is how you smile to someone you don’t like very much…”
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 