Showing posts with label McSweeney's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McSweeney's. Show all posts

January 9, 2012

Home

He felt
his usual

vertigo

as he entered
the house.

— Joyce Carol Oates, short story "Labryinth"
(McSweeney's 29)

November 5, 2008

Story

We saved some of the story
for ourselves,
like the words
of the songs we sang,
and the contents of our prayers.
-- Daniel Alarcon, "The Thousands"
(McSweeney's 28)