3152 Day 002 (2026-11-06)
Reunion by John Cheever
In Sudden Fiction
Introduction by Jamaica Kincaid
In Talk Stories
Koko Taylor Is the Healer of Wounded Women by Angela Johnson
Short story
- What stayed with me: The prose is flat and yet compelling. Nothing is given; every emotion is earned and scuplted.
- Something to steal: irony as casual explanation of behavior
Essay
- What stayed with me: Kincaid's matter-of-fact phrasing and her willingness to say the quiet things aloud. She uses truth and observation to drive home the absurdity of life.
- Something to steal: repetition; don't mince words; short and to the point
Poem
- What stayed with me: the first ten lines are gorgeous.
- Something to steal: poignant telling.... to the point