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Richard Ford Reads John Cheever

The New Yorker: Fiction

CHAPTER

The Unspokenness of the Cheever Story

Richard Ford: I wanted to show how one story can influence another. How do the audiences respond? Well, they love the Cheever story. And I always tell them how brave I am to read my own story after I read the Cheever stories. "Reunion" is about a reunion between parents who have not seen each other in three years.

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