Vida James reads Ani Sison Cooney's award-winning debut short story.

A VONA / Voices alum, Ani Cooney is the winner of a 2020 PEN America /Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize and a Manuel G. Flores Prize from the Philippine American Writers and Artists (PAWA). His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and can be found in Epiphany, LikeWise Fiction, and Best Debut Short Stories: The PEN America Dau Prize.

Music by Midsummer.