Richard Russo

Review: TALES OF TWO AMERICAS edited by John Freeman
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Review: TALES OF TWO AMERICAS edited by John Freeman

ByGuest Reviewer

Tale of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation Edited by John FreemanPenguin; Sept 2017252 pp; $17 Buy: paperback | eBook Reviewed by Anne Kniggendorf In his collection of 36 essays, poems, and stories entitled Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation, John Freeman, curator of contemporary literary voices, writes…

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No Shoes, No Shirt, No Fiction: Let’s Get Out of the Restaurant

ByRebecca Makkai

  “I need to tell you something,” he said. He twirled his spaghetti around his fork. She sipped her wine. “What is it?” “Well.” He shoved the tangle of spaghetti in his mouth and chewed. She fiddled with her spoon. Suddenly, the waitress appeared. She had a grease stain on her apron. Her nametag read…