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Souvankham Thammavongsa on Being Alone as a Love Story

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The author discusses “Good-Looking,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.

Save this story Save this story Photograph by Jennifer Rowsom Your story in this week’s issue, “ Good-Looking ,” is narrated by the son of a gym instructor. It opens with his assessment of his father: “Dad thought himself a good-looking man. He was fit, if you like that sort of thing.” Did you always know that you would tell this story from the son’s perspective? I had started off with the line “The man thought himself good-looking. He was fit, if you like that sort of thing.” I wanted the narrating voice to have that distance, but the distance as I had it, at first, didn’t feel devastating or

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