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Leslie Carper
My stories have appeared in a number of literary journals,
including most recently, American Short Fiction, Antietam
Review, New American Writing and River City Review. They’ve
won the following national awards: Hackney Literary Short
Story Contest, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Award, Jenny McKean
Moore Fellowship, and a Maryland State Arts Council Grant.
I’m a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers Workshop
and am at work on a novel to be published in 2004.
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DOWN FOR THE COUNT
For months after Tracy's father had a stroke, he did
nothing but sit in the living room and stare out the
picture window. He was only partially paralyzed, mostly
on his right side, and his speech was affected, but
he was able to get around, slowly and stiffly, with
the help of a walker. And although his neurons didn't
always travel a straight path to the nerves in his arms
and legs, he still had some use of his body. Tracy's
father sat immobilized in his easy chair day after day,
not because he was forced to, but because he refused
to accept what had happened to him, and by not moving,
he didn't have to. >>>
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