Petergiaquinta’s Reviews > Fourteen Days > Status Update

Day 14:
Mother from newly arrived family—rambling nonsensical drivel about their visit to Dominican Republic, the Teller, and their eviction back in the U.S. Just awful.
Ramboz—lunatic asylum, discovery of great aunt Charlotte’s diagnosis
Super’s father—wife’s suicide, Super’s pet grackle
Final revelation

Day 13:
The Super—Priya the lesbian Cowgirl cuts off the arm of a rapist professor
Darrow—confession of murder and burial of a tweaker who killed his dog, Poseidon

Day 12–
The Poet—Pandemic reading group hosted by two writing students discussing Decameron; participants can’t appreciate Boccaccio or Chaucer or Petrarch…hilarious look at contemporary values negating classic literature
Whitney (#2)—art appraisal at a dying woman’s home, coffin lid hanging on wall
Pardner (Pardis’s daughter)—two ghosts, Midnight Special

Probably the best day for stories

Day 11:
Amnesia (#3)—acting gig
The Lady with the Rings—Acting for brother (1)
Morty Gund—stand up comic, suicide?
The Lady with the Rings—acting as J Cavanaugh (2)

Day 9:
Newcomer—Chinese grad student, lost friendship
Whitney (#2)—travels abroad, in Afghanistan
Hello Kitty (#2)—dog walking, Buster, tarts

Day 8:
La Cocinera—the angel from San Miguel de Allende
Amnesia—Frankie and Tara, truth and lies
Pardi (second story)—life in music biz, relationship with Jericho

Day 7:
Hamlet reference
Prospero (prof at NYU, 2E)—Shakespeare and plague
Tango (6B)—American Pie, home ec, ugly apron
The Super—funny letter to frenemy she found re wedding canceled due to Covid(so far the only thing really worth reading here in this collection of mopey, dull-ass stories)

Day 5–
The Poet (4B): Japanese death poem
Wurley (black man): three memories of Bertha
Pardi Britton (black woman from Galveston): father’s life, death of Lafayette
La Reina (Mari, Cuban, 4E): lobster roll championship in Maine

Day 4:
Eurovision—adoption story, gay couple;
Darrow (3D)—baby brother for Christmas in Arkansas;
Amnesia (half Indian, half Baptist, last name Varghese)—dream of a woman, mother in church;
Lala (Hispanic)—sudden death of father;
Maine (2C, ER doctor)—Sister Mary Francis, the nun who smells death