Who Do You Love (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean Thompson
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Time of Work: The 1980’s and 1990’s
- Setting: Central Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Oregon, California, Montana, Tennessee, and New Orleans
- Principal Characters: Scout, Annie, Benny, Pete, Kenneth Dacey, Dr. Flynn, The Campbells, Evie, Grandmother, Mary Anne
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Murder or homicide, Doctors, 1980’s, Child abuse, Widows or widowers, Loneliness, 1990’s, Retirement
- Locales: California, New Orleans, LA, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oregon, Illinois, Montana, Missouri
One of the finest photographers in the United States, Larry Kanfer, confines his picture-taking to Central Illinois. He works out of Champaign, two or three miles from where Jean Thompson lives and works. Kanfer’s landscapes capture the bigness and the loneliness of the prairie as its stark geometries stretch out toward the thin, barely perceptible line that separates land from sky. He preserves the nuances of every cloud and shadow, the simple dignity of every arrow-straight road and sentinel silo. His photographs project subtle messages. Although Kanfer’s pictures seldom have...
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