The Best Minds

that women living blighted domestic lives were more likely to raise autistic and schizophrenic children, making feminism a matter of public health as well as justice.

my father preferred oblique approaches and swift exits.

they imparted a geriatric aura to his precocity.

hegemonic

even though molten cheese adhered like napalm to the roof of my mouth and I was never sure if I was dislodging mozzarella from behind my braces or a small piece of my own seared flesh.