William Maxwell, one of my favorite authors, has a classic Christmas story called “The Lily-White Boys,” which is appropriately happy and melancholy. I was pleased to see The Library of America post a PDF of it in their excellent “Story of the Week” series, and I simply want to link to that PDF for your holiday reading pleasure. So go join the Follansbee Christmas party and take a walk down the empty sidewalks of Manhattan. Please go here to read “The Lily-White Boys.”
Merry Christmas.
Thank you, Trevor, for the nice holiday gifts! Not just the William Maxwell, which I enjoyed, but also the heads-up about the Story of the Week from Library of America (done in really nice type, might I mention).
Funny how in the 21st century, that story title has to be heard as at least a little acidic.