LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep16: "Sophistication" by Sherwood Anderson

Published: Aug. 23, 2020, 4 p.m.

\u201dSophistication\u201d comes from the end of the anthology "Winesburg, Ohio," where recurring character George Willard nears the end of his coming-of-age arc. Having lost his mother in an earlier chapter, George has turned 18 and is wandering the streets feeling lost\u2026 like he has no place\u2026 no identity\u2026 but he finds a spiritual mediator in Helen White, who had undergone her own sort of transformation, and in this kinship they discover they can both find the peace that they were looking for...