The Long Meanwhile: Stories of Arrival and Departure

An anthology of poignant short stories about change. A broad range of authors such as Alice McDermott, Lydia Davis, Alice Fulton, David Shields, Rikki Ducornet, Meredith Steinbach, Reginald Gibbons, Alexander Theroux, Shelley Jackson, Wayne Koestenbaum, Lara Vapnyar, and others. Marriage. Divorce. Growing up. Growing old. Immigrants. Exiles. Sooner or later, we all leave home. Sometimes, more than once.