Read By: Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss on her selection:
I recently finished a collection of short stories, and while writing it I sometimes turned to Leonard Michaels to remember what's possible in the form, and to rest in his fluency. \u201cIsaac\u201d is from Michaels\u2019s first collection, Going Places, published in 1969. I chose it because\u2026 why did I choose it? Because it\u2019s New York City. A hospital. Incomprehension in the face of the things that befall us. And because its language\u2014bright, sharp, funny\u2014is live-wire alive in the face of it all.\u202f
The Collected Stories at Indiebound
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