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New Yorker Fiction 2016
Ryan Heshka July 11 and 18, 2016, Michael Andreasen, “The King’s Teacup at Rest”: The King of Retired Amusements purchases Liebling’s Sunday Morning Carnival to add to his collection. He is accompanied by his retinue—a steward, a boy scout, and a dancing bear—as they inspect his new acquisition. They begin with the hot dog stand where the king is warned against eating one of the green wieners with rancid relish and mustard. They shift to the Cul-de-sac of Fun, to the Fun House, to the Full Tilt, and finally to the teacups, where the king rests after disgorging his hot dog decision. The story seems to be an intricately constructed mini-allegory, in which certain abstractions are signified by decaying imagery of abandoned amusement parks. To say any more would spoil your reading fun. Andreasen is one of the magazine’s few writers with no major book to his credit. Yet! Quite a coup to get published by the New Yorker without a new title to hawk!
Illustration by Ryan Heshka.
NEXT TIME: New Yorker Fiction 2016 - Look for it 7/25/16!
While I'm on a brief hiatus, please feel free to read previous posts from the ARCHIVES located to your right.
Illustration by Ryan Heshka.
NEXT TIME: New Yorker Fiction 2016 - Look for it 7/25/16!
While I'm on a brief hiatus, please feel free to read previous posts from the ARCHIVES located to your right.
Kazi And . . . if you like photography of dogs, you might consider visiting the gallery at Texas Tech University's International Cultural Center to peruse its annual "Putting on the Dog: Dogs without Borders" Exhibition. Yours truly has a print of one fine Borzoi named "Kazi" hanging on the wall. Now through 8/25.
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