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Greg Jackson Reads “The Hollow”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Secret Hollow of the Church

Spring break ended, and valente returned to coaching. Jack did not miss seeing him, but not seeing anyone presented its own problem: what to do with himself? He felt a great restlessness growing inside him, something vast and ormless. The days were blending together into one composite day. What else was there to do? he kept thinking about a concert in the city that he and sophie had gone to over theh days. It was at a church up town, somewhere on the east side. Dark, heavy stones composed the walls and vault of the church,. An intimate, tall, solid space. A mixed programme of canonical and newer pieces played by a spare, shifting ensemble

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