‘Live Bait’ by Mary Mueller

The record-breaking heat in the Tucson has scorched any coherent thought from my brain, leaving behind bones of righteous rage and wisps of despair—and in that state I sunk my teeth into Mary Mueller’s ‘Live Bait’ and found it the most delectable meal. Rage isn’t a prerequisite to read her story, of course, but I found it particularly satisfying because it echoed my own incoherent feelings into eloquence. It’s a pointed planting of flag into the land, and a subtle middle-finger to the status quo, a reminder to be who you’re going to be and don’t give a damn. Just what I need to get me though this sunburned summer.

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