We’re back this week, talking about What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky: Stories by Lesley Nneka Arimah.
We discuss: some “punch-in-the-guts” moments in the stories, reading short stories as collections versus as individual stories, the uplifting idea that you have to deal with your pain— no avoiding it!, thematic connections to Girls (I know, seems a little cray), the role storytelling plays in these stories, the question of whether to look up an author before reading their work or not to look up an author before reading their work ;), our new memoir “Stuck With a White Man,” and we then we get a little toasty at the end.
Olivia drinks: cab or something
Ashley drinks: some unnamed white wine
We read: What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
Up next: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Music by: Matt Costa
