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BROWSE PAST WINNERS
MEET THE 2015 AWARDEES READ OUR KEYNOTES
Lydia Peelle
From "Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing"
Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories
I come home the next evening to find a dark snake draped across the foot of the bed. Motionless, waiting for my next move. I freeze, thrilled to the sheer shock of it. My pulse rips with terror and delight. Fingers quivering, I switch on the light. But it is only my husband’s limp black sock, left from last night. Caught where it landed when we pulled off our clothes once words had failed us, as they always have.
MEET THE 2015 AWARDEES READ OUR KEYNOTES
Lydia Peelle
From "Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing"
Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories
I come home the next evening to find a dark snake draped across the foot of the bed. Motionless, waiting for my next move. I freeze, thrilled to the sheer shock of it. My pulse rips with terror and delight. Fingers quivering, I switch on the light. But it is only my husband’s limp black sock, left from last night. Caught where it landed when we pulled off our clothes once words had failed us, as they always have.