
Marisa Silver Reads “Tiny Meaningless Things”
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
The White Glove Test
The bodies of girls are deceptions that they learn to control so they can use them to their advantage. This was something she'd never advised her daughters about. As Scotty follows her around the apartment, he hums one of his little tunes. She tries always to be straightforward with Scotty, but sometimes she can't resist the look on his face when he reconsiders her and wonders what further mysteries she might contain. They at irks her that the grass cloth above the television console is lighter where the portrait of Burl's racehorse once hung. The next thing that is gone is a pack of tissues from under the bathroom cabinet. An eyeglass chain is the first thing that
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