Clock | Tin House

On January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 By Olga ZilberbourgIn Publication, UncategorizedLeave a comment

My grandmother had a mechanical wall clock powered by weights. To wind it, she pulled down one of the weights, and for the next twelve hours, the clock ticked off the lengths of the chain as the counterbalance forced it back up. . . .

Read this story on Tin House’s Open Bar flash Fridays blog.

Books

On January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 By Olga ZilberbourgIn Book review, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Quick shout out, Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing is all that. This week, this book was awarded John Leonard Prize for the first novel by the National Book Critics Circle.

Nicole Dennis-Benn’s Here Comes the Sun is also all that. Her protagonist just keeps on going; she’s such an interesting, complex character.

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