Short Stories
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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…”
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100 short stories:: story 94
Samantha Neugebauer
story: A Woman on a Roof author: Doris Lessing year: 1963 where: home, with the new kitten on the table in front of me note: the cruelty of a woman’s indifference to men…particularly the kind who bark at her. 1960s or…and…today! a line: “His sun-heated face was screwed into a rage as he whistled again and again, trying…