Thread by @malbokdiet, okay... gonna do a thread of 2nd person pov pieces that i [...]

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okay... gonna do a thread of 2nd person pov pieces that i like a lot in the hopes that more ppl in the ficdom will write 2nd person HA

black box - jennifer egan

i mean this is The 2nd person pov fic that i never shut up about i think it’s absolutely genius and i lifted so much of an amateur’s guide to grief from it ( https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/06/04/black-box)">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/...

“Black Box”

Jennifer Egan’s 2012 short story about a woman on a secret mission, posing as a brainless beauty, adrift in hostile waters.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/06/04/black-box

• windfalls - lesley nneka arimah

THIS STORY.... IT WRECKED ME..... it’s very gillian flynn in the sense that the mc is just a poor grifter surrounded by very terrible people but it’s in 2nd person pov so it’s better bc i said so ( http://www.percontra.net/issues/35/fiction/windfalls/)">https://www.percontra.net/issues/35...

how to become a writer - lorrie moore

this one is just. very funny and occasionally wildly depressing. i just have a Hunch that some of yall are gonna relate to it lmao ( http://www.sfuadcnf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/How-to-Become-a-Writer-Lorrie-Moore.pdf)">https://www.sfuadcnf.com/wp-conten...

• how to be chinese - celeste ng

i mean. you know celeste ng. she’s great. you don’t need me to convince you to read this ( http://gulfcoastmag.org/journal/26.1/how-to-be-chinese/)">https://gulfcoastmag.org/journal/2...

How to Be Chinese

Take pleasure in the surprise on people’s faces when you say, “My name is Mackenzie Altman.” When they ask, explain that yes, your mother adopted you from China; no, you don’t know your birth...

http://gulfcoastmag.org/journal/26.1/how-to-be-chinese/

how to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie) - junot díaz

im sorry i know this title sounds terrible but i swear its satire ( https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/12/25/how-to-date-a-brown-girl-black-girl-white-girl-or-halfie)">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/...

How To Date A Brown Girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)

Wait until your brother, your sisters, and your mother leave the apartment. You've already told them that you were feeling too sick to go to Union City…

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/12/25/how-to-date-a-brown-girl-black-girl-white-girl-or-halfie

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