![]() She crashed in Cleveland Circle, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill - just her and her son - and her ever-changing roommates. She wanted to stand on the shoulders of Germaine Greer, author of “Sex and Destiny.” She gave birth to Corey at Mass General during what should have been her final year of college. She came from Springfield, which she called her shitty little city. Her boy was never bored, even living in her car. They went through crates of books together and shared what they found. She was a single mother and he helped her collect her library off the streets of Boston and never complained about it. Gloria said, “You make me laugh.” He had a sense of humor about their lives, apparently. You take the nerves under your skin or under the skin of another animal for granted. ![]() ![]() ![]() You never think about nerves and breathing. Knopf, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Excerpted from “ The War for Gloria ” by Atticus Lish ’04 published by Alfred A. ![]()
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