The Bigness of the World

Starved for Affection: Food and Lack in Lori Ostlund’s “Talking Fowl with My Father”

Starved for Affection: Food and Lack in Lori Ostlund’s “Talking Fowl with My Father”

For many people, this was a year of severing toxic relationships. What does it mean to love someone who refuses to communicate? To love a person who hurts you? Lori Ostlund’s Flannery O’Connor award-winning collection The Bigness of the World takes a look at communication (and miscommunication) in numerous ways.