Rita Ciresi
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Mother Rocket: Stories
Rita Ciresi
Rita Ciresi brings us seven award-winning stories, vibrant slices of life that are at once piercing, funny, and heartbreaking.
In the title story, Ciresi weaves a tale of a New York City dancer whose spectacular sexuality and antic humor keep a life of tragedy at bay….In “The Silent Partner,” a young woman is caught up in a love affair that is both infantilizing and harrowing.…In the linked stories, “Resurrection” and “Second Coming,” we meet a piano student hopelessly in love with his alluring teacher and at the mercy of his sexually knowledgeable older…
