First Beef Christopher Merkner
When he eats the cow he demanded, and what had been slaughtered and
neatly sliced for us to give him on a sugary bun and simple plate, he
takes long breaths between his bites. See him sit back. See
his jaw work, his throat tight, his chest plunge and lift. He is four,
and he is starting to get it. 
Christopher Merkner's debut collection of stories is THE RISE AND FALL OF THE
SCANDAMERICAN DOMESTIC.
Detail of graphic on main page adapted from photo by
Ulf Bodin.
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