While reading this short story, I vacillated wildly between appreciation for the lyrical and elegant descriptions of playing music, and bafflement at the overabundance of exclamation points and awkward and unrealistic dialogue. Lauren Stern is second oboe in an orchestra, and she has a thing for first oboe, Dan Cohen, who is much older than she is. They’ve been playing together for awhile and are friends, having bonded over the experience of being two lone Jewish … Continue reading Lioness in Blue by Shira Glassman →