Criticism
… by Rufi Thorpe and Emily Gould Female friendships are not commonly found at the center of the literary novel. Mrs. … of womanhood, who, within due time, somehow align into sturdier versions of their former selves. The similarities end … by the dramatic—and seemingly convenient—plot points that surface by the closing pages of the novel. …
Fiction
… planets, meteors, water, dirt, cells, fish, plants, animals, men, women, babies, laughter, song, dance, fire, war, … trains, cars, telephone, television, airplane, rocket, computer, cell tower, satellite—vast wireless hum wrapped … my feet. Sometimes, instead of hands, I substitute the bodies of muscular angels: male, positioned at the four …
… surprised and interested. This whole side of my family had come from Poland, and many of the older relatives could … listed larger towns in the area that served as distribution points for mail to the villages and even these places were … did not know the word dziadek because Bapci’s husband had died before any of us was born. Bapci is a solitary woman, …
… especially from the early years, it is a remarkable accomplishment, an honorable and exemplary accomplishment, as … defeats that long practice confers. And then let’s say I also am very pleased to belong (if I do) to the company that … everything, and this capacity is the more important ingredient. Genius is idiosyncrasy; often enough it is aberrance. …