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- On "Birding by Ear": Excellent piece. I loved the tension, and the rhythm. As well as the juxtaposition of the ages, both the husband and the teacher, and the... – Christine Nichols
May 15 - On "Birding by Ear": That last line and image is wonderful, as is the entire poem. I like its rhythm, partly gliding, partly flitting. – Amy Holman
May 10 - On "Mistletoe": My dear Mr. Flythe Jr.You won't remember, but back in the late 70s when I was a beginning writer, you sent me personal comments on... – Eve Ott
Apr 24 - On "Kritios Boy": Thank you so much for your comment, Mickie! It really touched me, and made me go back and look at the piece again. I wish... – Nancy Ludmerer
Apr 23 - On "Kritios Boy": This is essay was absolutely beautiful. I got so caught into the rawness, the realness, of your story that I was taken miles and years... – Mickie
Apr 23 - On "Rule of Snowman": Hi Steve its Dave – David Siugzda
Apr 15 - On "Luffing": Your essay is enthralling! The family dynamics are so keenly observed and spread out before the reader, that we understand the crucial relationships. I grew... – Marylin Schultz
Mar 17 - On "Mistaken Identity": .....we are all of a closet, one way, one time or another ..the nature of the beast...how it turns out in life,, depends on one's... – david bates
Mar 04
- On "Birding by Ear": Excellent piece. I loved the tension, and the rhythm. As well as the juxtaposition of the ages, both the husband and the teacher, and the... – Christine Nichols
Enid Harlow
Latte Contributor
Author Archives: Enid Harlow
Enid Harlow is the author of three novels, Crashing (St. Martin’s Press, New York), A Better Man (Van Neste Books, Midlothian, Virginia), and the forthcoming Good To Her (Strategic Book Publishing, New York). Her short stories have appeared in numerous literary journals of national distinction including Boulevard, TriQuarterly, Nimrod, Ontario Review, Notre Dame Review, North Atlantic Review, and The Southern Review, among others. Ms. Harlow has received two PEN Syndicated Fiction Awards and a fellowship in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts. She lives and writes in New York, the city of her birth.
Mistaken Identity
Third Prize, 2012 Literal Latte Fiction Award.
In a corner of the room sits an old man with sparse white hair, face of chalk, and fixed blue eyes. His body is as thin as a cadaver’s and his eyes stare out into the room as if they would seize everything in it and take it down into themselves. The baby at the breast cannot see the old man sitting in the corner….