“The vig,” Luke said. “That’s what my dad calls it. Short for vigorish. From the Ukrainian word for profits or winnings. It’s a hoodlum term, and Dad says the credit card companies are basically hoods. Based on the compounding interest they
...more
“Eula-Beulah was prone to farts—the kind that are both loud and smelly. Sometimes when she was so afflicted, she would throw me on the couch, drop her wool-skirted butt on my face, and let loose. “Pow!” she’d cry in high glee. It was like being buried in marshgas fireworks. I remember the dark, the sense that I was suffocating, and I remember laughing.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Tanner’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tanner’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Tanner
Lists liked by Tanner






























