Every short story in each of Joy Williams' three collections.
Martin Amis' Time's Arrow and Einstein's Monsters.
Padgett Powell's short stories (most of them but not all of them).
G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy.
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A Slowly Growing List of Things to Look Forward To When You Have a Child
- Every day is either Christmas or Halloween or Birthday or Easter
- Leave those cats alone! They're going to scratch you and it will hurt
- You cannot lie under circumstances, but nor can you tell the literal truth
- Geez that kid is sharp
- Can I have cake? Can I have cake? Can I have cake? Huh? Daddy? Can I have cake?
- For the last time, stop asking me!
- Noticing the growth: taller and a bit heavier to carry
- Children's television shows
- Food. Wasted food
- Remembering that you once acted this way yourself
- Watching where the both of you are going
- The joy of hearing the word "fuck" being used experimentally, and justifying this experimentation by saying "Well they learn it eventually"
- TANTRUMS
- Sitting down together on the living room floor, a mess of blocks & cars & plush Care Bears strewn around you, discussing the complexities of each car's identity, its name, and why it is so humorous
- Having to take responsibility for someone else for a change
- More frustration than you're prepared for
- Wicked cackling
- Drawings of potato guys
- Learning about the world all over again
- Circular Logic
- Unexpected hugs and words put beautifully together out of context
- Waking up after 4 hours of sleep, and unexpectedly having to confront shit, in more than one place, including the carpet, a big toe, a butt, a bed, a toilet seat, and underpants
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Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman. The Watch by Rick Bass.
Among the Missing by Dan Chaon
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
"We Didn't" by Stuart Dybek
I never finished Invisible Man. I'll have to try again soon.
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