
Yiyun Li Reads “Wednesday’s Child”
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
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All Waiting Has an End Point
Every parent who has lost a child will one day die of that chronic affliction. Life is held together by imprecise words and inexact thoughts, Rossley thought. What's the point of picking at every single statement persistently until the scene comes undone? Marcy would have said right away, don't you dare blame anything on me.
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