"The record she'd given me was playing in my mind, and I kept trying to shut it off."
— Packer, ZZ (b. 1973)
Author
Date
June 19, 2000
Metaphor
"The record she'd given me was playing in my mind, and I kept trying to shut it off."
Metaphor in Context
"I see," I said. The record she'd given me was playing in my mind, and I kept trying to shut it off. I could also hear my mother saying that this is what happens when you've been around white people: things get weird. So weird I could hear the stylus etching its way into the flat vinyl of the record. "Listen," I said finally, when the bass and saxes started up. I heard Heidi breathe deeply, but she said nothing.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
"Drinking Coffee Elsewhere," from The New Yorker (June 19, 2000). <Link to newyorker.com>
Date of Entry
06/22/2014
