The new issue of Gulf Coast is out, and this nonfiction piece by Kyle Minor, author of the collection In the Devil’s Territory, just kicked my ass.
Today seems to be a day of nonfiction, with “Following Distance” striking me early this morning, and now I find myself lost in Ira Glass’s New Kings. Please enjoy today’s (nonfiction) Story of the Day, and think about where the trouble begins:
But this, chance, isn’t story. Chance doesn’t satisfy the itch story scratches, or not chance entirely. Story demands agency.
