Glimmer Train #58

Miriam Novogrodsky

Making a Kite

“The smell was a mix of lemon cleaners and last night’s dinner. He felt the carpet beneath him, holding his feet like good slippers, and he couldn’t for the life of him remember why it had been so unbearable to live there, to eat those dinners and smell those smells. ”

Glimmer Train Stories #70

Miriam Novogrodsky

Just Enough Food to Remember

“I have never been around a person as old as Lila. Her life is unraveling, like a scarf somebody spent time knitting. I want to capture it before it's in a heap on the floor, keep the stitches intact, the work not gone to waste.”