I’m the first person to leave every family function. Or I just don’t go. When I do go, everyone feels graced by my presence. If I stay longer than expected, everyone is so excited. Absence truly makes the heart grow fonder.
Stoner by John Williams
Light Years by James Salter
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
My Death by Lisa Tuttle
Indelicacy by Amina Cain
Thirst for Salt by Madeline Lucas
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins Also Being Here is Everything by Marie Darriessecq is a short little biography of Paula Mortenson Becker and it’s so moving - very good if you like reading about undersung women in the arts
