It’s All about You

Writing about “you” is no easy task. Here four authors share stories of bus trips and cancer scares, chance meetings at street corners and train stations, all told in compelling second-person prose.

Lauren Birden
Leaving Memphis
Your only wish is that Greyhound assigned seating.
Michelle Bitting
Little Gifts
The store is an intoxicating cave full of psychedelia.
Stuart Dybek
Couplet
You’ll come up behind me and ask, “Are you lost, little boy?”
Yuvi Zalkow
Blue
Even though you’ve never met anyone named after a color, it doesn’t surprise you.

It’s All about You

Your only wish is that Greyhound assigned seating.

The store is an intoxicating cave full of psychedelia.

You’ll come up behind me and ask, “Are you lost, little boy?”

Even though you’ve never met anyone named after a color, it doesn’t surprise you.