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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…
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300 short stories:: story 226
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Mercedes Kane” author: Elizabeth McCracken year: 1994 where: 客厅,大门 note: Always on the search for more stories about mothers and daughters. a line: “She was sure she would’ve been great in her twenties, thirties, forever, if she had just been encouraged to greatness early on.” theme(s): Mothers and daughters, genius, child prodigy, parenthood