The Penelopiad
It was stupid of Icarius to try to drown the daughter of a naiad, however. Water is our element,...
Tag: father
Capital
It wouldn’t be true to say that Roger saw the funny side, or had glimpses of perspective, or...
French Exit
Malcolm was yet in his suite. He was speaking to Susan on the phone. “Let’s eat food, for lunch,”...
By Night In Chile
Every now and then, Farewell burst into excessively sonorous laughter. At each of these guffaws, I...
The Overstory
The things she catches Doug-firs doing, over the course of these years, fill her with joy. When...
Homegoing
In the other room, Beulah started whimpering in her sleep. The child had night terrors. They came...
The Sound And The Fury
A sparrow slanted across the sunlight, onto the window ledge, and cocked his head at me. His eye...
Alias Grace
My mother and Aunt Pauline were a dead clergyman’s daughters – a Methodist, he was – and it was...
New York Trilogy: Ghosts
Black takes advantage of the weather to wander farther afield than previously, and Blue follows....
