35: Monogamy, Marriage, & Loyalty in DEPT. OF SPECULATION (2014) by Jenny Offill

SOUTH PHILLY/SOUTH JERSEY — Still asking the same questions about monogamy, marriage, loyalty, child rearing, father/motherhood, the nuclear family, and work v. “love.” How these questions play out in Jenny Offill’s Dept of Speculation (2014), which charts a relationship from its inception to marriage to childbirth to infidelity, complicates things. Read in sips over the past three weeks and recorded during my CSA delivery route in South Philly (till I ran outta gas), during my route in South Jersey (after getting more gas), and on the way to the dentist, on foot, the following morning. Sound quality turned out surprisingly decent. New 500-word story 'That Fire' I dropped last week: https://expatpress.com/that-fire-sean-thor-conroe/ Website: http://1storyhaus.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/stconroe IG: http://instagram.com/seanthorconroe