The Viewing Room

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THE VIEWING ROOM TH E UN IVE RS ITY OF GEORGIA PRESS 2013 The Viewing Room STORIES BY JACQUELIN GORMAN The University of Georgia Press Athens and London “Ghost Dance” was first published in Slake: Los Angeles, issue 2, “Crossing Over.” It is reprinted with permission. Published by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org© 2013 by Jacquelin Gorman All rights reserved Designed by Kaelin Chappell Broaddus Set in 10.7/14 Dante MT Std by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia Printed and bound by Sheridan Books, Inc. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Printed in the United States of America 13 14 15 16 17 c 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gorman, Jacquelin, 1955– [Short stories. Selections] The viewing room : stories / by Jacquelin Gorman. pages ; cm. “Winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction.” isbn-13: 978-0-8203-4548-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8203-4548-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) I. Gorman, Jacquelin, 1955– Viewing room: April. II. Title. ps3557.o7597v54 2013 813'.54—dc23 2013003109 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for digital edition: 978-0-8203-4637-3 For My Children This page intentionally left blank Understanding, she explains, can only come to pass when all banned truths, even those of the poor, the ugly, the enraged, the contaminated, the maimed, the contagious, the marked, the perverted, return fully to earth. And understanding, she cautions, is a fragment of love. julie brickman, What Birds Can Only Whisper Think occasionally of the suffering, of which you spare yourself the sight. albert schweitzer This page intentionally left blank ...