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The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “Fatherhood” by David Rutschman

ByRoss McMeekin

How many words does it take to encapsulate a feeling? An experience? A story we looked at two weeks ago, “Love” by Clarice Lispector, spends just under 3,500 words exploring its title, where Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom takes well over 500 pages plumbing its own. While “Fatherhood” by David Rutschman (Waxwing) is a mere 174 words,…

The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “Love” by Clarice Lispector
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The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “Love” by Clarice Lispector

ByRoss McMeekin

There have been many craft essays written over the last few decades arguing the merits of the classic Joyce-ian epiphany. In “Love,” (The Offing), Clarice Lispector (translated by Katrina Dodson) explores the nature of epiphanies, and perhaps more importantly, what we do with them once they happen. We meet the protagonist Ana as she’s returning…