Amy Hempel, Girl Genius
She is 56. Her flowing hair is silvery-white. Her speech is clear, but careful. She sometimes edits herself as she talks or advances her thoughts as if placing one foot slowly before the other.
Amy Hempel is indeed a brilliant short story writer. Her stories are well written in the way that smart women write, meaning that they are never entertaining or addictive, but she does write well. Sparse, minimalist fiction does not appeal to your average reader (picture anybody who reads James Patterson and put the emphasis on average).
The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew accidentally killed me.
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