Truth
Terrance Hayes - { Black Confederate Ghost Story }
Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick - { Worst of It }
Jay Sefton - { I’ll Have a White Zinfandel }
Jeff Boyle - { Apostrophe }{ The Thing Is }{ Domesticity }{ Constantly Approaching Zero }
Reesa Grushka - { Horses }{ Prayer }{ Constellations }
Liz Howort - { Words on Which I Float }
Bernadette McComish - { The Gospel of Donna }
Sarah Heller - { Leaving Egypt }{ Ars Novelica }{ Company }
Untruth
Jeff Friedman - { Willhem of Hands }{ Power Point }{ Pillar of Salt }{ Home Magic }
Syreeta McFadden - { Wingman }
David Ebenbach - { First Flowers }{ The Four Seasons Club }
We Don't Know and They
Won't Tell Us
Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick - { What Man Made }{ Francine Hates Antique Stores for Their Bowls of Lemons }{ How a Home is Made }
Ronda Muir - { Names from History }
John Findura - { Adrienne, I Heard You Were Trapped }{ My Fascination With Mercedes }{ Recharging the Batteries }
Michelle Campagna - { Salt }{ History of an American Face }{ Firebird }{ Satellite }
| My Fascination With Mercedes by John Findura |
You ask about my fascination with Mercedes. I
explained it all to you with the number zero and
raised eyebrows. I want to talk about Adrienne now
but you keep bringing up Mercedes. I have counted
five separate occasions where I have said “Adrienne
and I…” and you cut in to say that Adrienne was a
waitress at a diner and she worked there with her
mother until she (Adrienne, not her mother) got
married and had three children and a big backyard.
Then you say that I must mean Mercedes, but maybe
I have just confused the names, and if that is the case
I have the wrong name tattooed across my heart. We
then have this conversation for three hours, twice a
week over the course of nine years. I get tired and give up.
Then you say Mercedes would never give up.
