Short-a-Day: John Edgar Wideman's "Always Raining Somewhere, Said Jim Johnson"
Originally published in Harper's, February 2011. Personal enjoyment rating (out of 100): 27.This simple story lacks enough ambition to justify Wideman's writerly tricks; at heart, it's about a frozen moment in which the narrator examines the sleeping, naked wife of his best friend, Rich, justifying his violation first by clarifying that because of the way Liz dressed, with a beauty that needs to be appreciated over t…
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