{"id":16735,"date":"2015-10-12T11:46:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T15:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=16735"},"modified":"2015-10-12T11:46:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T15:46:48","slug":"ben-marcus-cold-little-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/10\/12\/ben-marcus-cold-little-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Marcus: “Cold Little Bird”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker<\/em> webpage.\u00a0Ben Marcus's \"Cold Little Bird\" was originally published in the October 19, 2015 issue of The New Yorker<\/em>.<\/pre>\n
\"October<\/a>Ben Marcus\u00a0is a semi-regular in the fiction pages of The New Yorker<\/em>. Earlier this year, we got his “The Grow-Light Blues,” which got a mixed-to-negative response in the discussion here<\/a>. His three others to have been discussed on this site were more favorably received: he first appeared with “Rollingwood” (discussed here<\/a>), then “What Have You Done” (discussed here<\/a>), and “The Dark Arts” (discussed here<\/a>). From what I can see in the comments, Marcus is a welcome presence most of the time — is he wearing out that welcome? I’m anxious to see what you all think of “Cold Little Bird.”<\/p>\n
Join in the conversation in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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