The faculty lounge was quiet. Professors Anthony Nelson and Charlene Hampton sat at adjacent tables, both drinking coffee from university-branded mugs. Hampton graded a stack of essays while Nelson stared at the screen of a small laptop computer.
“Nobody reads Hemingway any more,” Nelson complained through gritted teeth. “And now the department has dropped him from the required reading list.”
“Really,” said Hampton with unfeigned indifference. “Who’s required now?”
Nelson winced. “Joan Didion.”
R.K. West lives in the Pacific Northwest, and uses the endless rain as an excuse to stay inside and write.
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