Siri Hustvedt reads “Paper Pills—concerning Doctor Reefy”
From Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
“The story of Doctor Reefy and his courtship of the tall dark girl who became his wife and left her money to him is a very curious story. It is delicious, like the twisted little apples that grow in the orchards of Winesburg.”
Commentary by Siri Hustvedt on “Paper Pills”:
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Siri Hustvedt is the author of five novels, including What I Loved and The Summer Without Men, as well as five volumes of nonfiction and a collection of poetry. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Paul Auster.
