Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

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My father had to coach my mother in many things. I expect he had to teach her a lot in the bedroom, too, but I don’t spend much time imagining that. I correlate my mother’s reticent temperament, and low self-esteem,…

"I can’t think of anything I’d ever lie about."  Silence.  "Okay, that was a lie.  I’m embarrassed to say."  More silence.  "Okay, I lied to Jeb about what I got on my SATs, and instead of saying ‘Barnard College,’ I…

I spent a summer interning for a Supreme Court justice.  She was old, her hands translucent as onionskin, and she told me to think.  "I mean really."  I watched closed family court trials in Kew Gardens, criminal cases in Jamaica,…