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"The Ferry" by Ben Lerner

A father receives a dramatic butt-dialed voicemail from a stranger and crashes out.

"A Conversation with My Father" by Grace Paley

The writer's ailing father demands she tell him a good story yet contests every story she tells.

"In the Name of Bobby" by Julio Cortázar

A feverish descent down a slippery slope. I can't say more.

"Afternoon in Linen" by Shirley Jackson

Harriet refuses to read her work for her grandmother's friend. (Harriet has my heart forever.)

"The Ferry" by Ben Lerner

A father receives a dramatic butt-dialed voicemail from a stranger and crashes out.

"A Conversation with My Father" by Grace Paley

The writer's ailing father demands she tell him a good story yet contests every story she tells.

"In the Name of Bobby" by Julio Cortázar

A feverish descent down a slippery slope. I can't say more.

"Afternoon in Linen" by Shirley Jackson

Harriet refuses to read her work for her grandmother's friend. (Harriet has my heart forever.)