May 2011
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Embrace a Few Squalls First
by Ezra Carlsen
She’s something. Ain’t she? Ah, to be young. To be young. She gets it from her mother. Don’t blame her loveliness on me. I can’t bear that responsibility.
You were never shortchanged in that regard.
Not shortchanged. Unfailingly, more than I bargained for. You should know, it’s a sure swindle: that bargain. The purchase always sight unseen. Blank spots on the map make for trying...
Things do happen, but sometimes if you put them in a novel they aren’t...
– Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 190, Javier Marias (via lammer)