In our morning reading: new nonfiction from Sarah McCarry, Tom Williams, and Lauren Oyler; an excerpt from Jami Attenberg’s new novel; Scott Esposito recommends books; and more.
Sunday Stories: “Love in the Time of American Airlines”
Love in the Time of American Airlines by Lauren Oyler It was, in fact, just like a movie. Thirty-six hours after having what he believed to be a life-affirming epiphany, Manny had purchased an appropriately expensive last-minute flight to Charles de Gaulle; dug his passport out from under a pile of Taco Bell wrappers in the floor of his car; and packed a duffel bag with two identical pairs of black jeans, four pairs of underwear, and a rain coat. […]