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Heroes: Winner of the 2016 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction, selected by Gish Jen
- Colorado Review
- Center for Literary Publishing
- Volume 43, Number 3, Fall/Winter 2016
- pp. 3-13
- 10.1353/col.2016.0077
- Article
- Additional Information
“Heroes” is a story where the main character, a mother, is made to face the consequences of her son’s actions, after his death. There are other members of the family whom she lives with, but her personal discovery removes them from her, even as they continue to