The Man Behind the Metal Detector
NEW YORK TIMES: "Every morning, I stand behind the metal detectors, searching bags as students enter the school."
Subject, Verb, Object
NARRATIVE MAGAZINE: "Anh-Thuy Nguyen, who recently bleached her hair and told everybody she wanted to be..."
An Occupation
GRANTA: "Before coming to the West Bank, Nathan worked for years as piano tuner, which left him with a nervous tic."
Still These Students Rise
COGNOSCENTI: "The night before the inauguration, the Strand Theater in Dorchester was packed..."
Refuge
KENYON REVIEW: "Last week there was a brawl out by the bus stop and some kid got stabbed seven times."
Kenyon Review Interview
KENYON REVIEW: "I believe that we’re trying to shape language into something of lasting beauty, but that literature has to be more than pretty words."
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