When I knock on the door, Jenny doesn’t open it. “Who is it,” she asks. “It’s me,” I answer, “your lover,” impatient to get in. I’d only been gone a short time. “Do you have proof, a photo ID?” She opens the door with the chain still latched, and I hold up my driver’s license, […]
Jeff Friedman
Jeff Friedman
Jeff Friedman’s sixth collection of poetry, Pretenders, was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press in 2014. His poems, mini stories and translations have appeared in many literary magazines, including American Poetry Review, Poetry, New England Review, Poetry International, Quick Fiction, Antioch Review, Agni Online, Boulevard, Big Bridge, 100-Word Story, Sentence, New England Review Digital, Vestal […]