Homegoing
In the other room, Beulah started whimpering in her sleep. The child had night terrors. They came...
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Tag: love
Attrib. And Other Stories
Concision A single Finnish word can describe the blast of heat that occurs when water is poured on...
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Delta of Venus
Dear Collector: We hate you. Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit,...
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The Furious Passage of James Baldwin
He was about ten, and puny for his age, when two Harlem patrolmen stopped him in an empty lot....
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Amaryllis Night And Day
I’ve already gone into our conversation about my bird-women. That took place a few months...
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Amaryllis Night and Day
Amaryllis seemed preoccupied. ‘See you in my dreams,’ I said. That got a smile, then...
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I Thought My Father Was God
An Average Sadness It is with small shame that I move to turn on the radio today. Radio is the...
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The House of the Spirits
But Blanca was used to living by herself When all was said and done, she had found peace in her...
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The House of the Spirits
My wife didn’t miss the refinements she had been accustomed to, and the day the shipment of...
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50 words – love
Once upon a time a heroic washerwoman found a beautiful stableboy and their love soared to heights...
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