story: “Light as a Feather” author: Karen Shepard year: 2017 where: Abu Dhabi note: First weekend back from the USA a line: “Their story bored her. Their infertility bored her. It was the same as a million other people's, some of whom she'd met in waiting rooms, all eying each other, as if there were only … Continue reading 300 short stories: story 270
Tag: Mothers and Daughters
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story: “What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us” author: Laura van den Berg year: 2010 where: Reed College note: I have been time-sharing under a rock; this is my first read by the author, though I've known her existence for a long time now. I was fortunate to hear her … Continue reading 300 short stories: story 267
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story: “The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear” author: Kelly Link year: 2019 where: California Zephyr Train note: From the last issue of Tin House a line: “They don't have sex shops in Quebec? After that, Martine went through this whole phrase.” theme(s): Mothers and Daughters, Queer relationships, travel, fear
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story: “Our Mothers Before Them” author: Jenny Zhang, who I stumbled upon at Shakespeare & Company last summer in Paris year: 2017 where: Abu Dhabi note: From the NYer, "Sour Heart is a feminist bildungsroman—the narrators act upon their world just as much as the world acts upon them—and it depicts, from start to finish, a … Continue reading 300 short stories: story 256
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story: “Fire Horse” author: Karen Shepard year: 2017 where: Home, in bed note: I love this story, though I hesitate to call it one story. It feels like two stories about the same characters. Margaret Atwood has two stories like that in Bluebeard's Egg, but she chose to split them into two titles and group … Continue reading 300 short stories: story 247
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