Short Stories
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300 short stories: story 263
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Bullet in the Brain” author: Tobias Wolff year: 1995 where: Aspen note: Reread! Breathtaking. a line: “He did not remember Professor Josephs telling his class how Athenian prisoners in Sicily had been released if they could recite Aeschylus, and then reciting Aeschylus himself, right there, in the Greek.” theme(s): Society, Memory, Death, Joy
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300 short stories: story 262
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Blame” author: Aimee Bender year: 2019 where: California Zephyr Train note: From the last issue of Tin House a line: “Buy more, said the lady. Rich lady. Come back to Yum-Yum. Eat yum-yum. Clog your arteries. Enjoy life.” theme(s): Miscarriage, class, wealth, blame
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 