Sara Son
Sara Son currently lives in California with her partner and two very good dogs. She is an MFA student at UC Irvine, and her story in this issue is her first published work of short fiction.
Hometown Heroes
“White people have it so good, they sign up to die in another country,” she said.
I thought that was pretty grim. I mean, there are such things as heroes. But it’s hard to imagine a real war with people who look like Jack and Matty. The only war I ever hear about is the one my mom was born into and grew up in the aftermath of, the Korean War. The one she uses every excuse to squeeze into a conversation. Every chance she gets, she tells me how rough it was then and how much better we have it now.
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