I Would Rather Have Married Young - by Addy Davies
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A loving response to "Would You Rather Have Married Young?" by Lillian Fishman for the Metropolitan Review by a 28 year old "widow".
“What’s more precious when one is young — that loose sensation of complete possibility, or the soundness of maturing under an affectionate wing?” (Lillian Fishman, “Would You Rather Have Gotten Married Young"?”) “And [the Trickster] never was in Eden, because Coyotes live in the New World. Driven forth by the angel with the flaming sword, Eve and Adam lifted their sad heads and saw Coyote, grinning.” (Ursula K Le Guin, “A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be”) The night Nick and I decided to get married, we were in my East Hollywood apartment trying to get some sleep. It…
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