‘Deviations and Catastrophes’
The characters in Kathleen Alcott’s stories struggle with whether to let their attachment to the past derail them in the present.
Emergency
by Kathleen Alcott
October 17, 2024 issue
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Hannah Gold is a critic and fiction writer whose recent work has been published in Harper’s, The New Yorker, and The Drift. (October 2024)
‘Deviations and Catastrophes’
The characters in Kathleen Alcott’s stories struggle with whether to let their attachment to the past derail them in the present.
Emergency
by Kathleen Alcott
October 17, 2024 issue
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