He is free, Bexley thought, free enough to float on that breeze, rise and soar with seagulls if he wanted to.
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Category: Fiction
It’s in these moments that Hobbs Hesler subtly presents space for the reader to ponder the lessons we learn at any age, picking apart notions that we should get second chances.
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My mother was certain my brother had planned his own death, but she wasn’t sure how he did it.
He wonders if his life has been a lie. Was he ever really a selenophile? Were the yearly parades a waste of time? The protests. The fights for equality.
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Sudden understanding has snapped me from her side like a branch from a tree in strong wind.
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Back then, protecting the border was about preventing people from getting out; now it means not letting anyone in…
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The synagogue of my youth wandered throughout the city, from the basement of the Methodist church on the Manayunk hills to the East Falls nursing home…
The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new books
“She washed her hair and chose the most suitable clothes her closet would allow, the kind of outfit she imagined the woman who headed up the office of human resources would want to see.”
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The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new books
“But when Flora dried off, put on her housecoat and entered the bedroom, she was not prepared for what she saw.”
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I held my magazines in my lap and looked longingly out the window, believing myself to be a melancholic character in the movie of my life.
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