Samar Farah Fitzgerald's fiction has appeared in The O. Henry Prize Stories, New England Review, The Southern Review, Southwest Review, and other journals. She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from The MacDowell Colony, the Ragdale Foundation, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. She lives in the Shenandoah Valley and teaches creative writing at James Madison University.The Age of Getting By
1. After the abortion, her hunger walked back in the room. So her friend found a supermarket nearby, the kind with rows of clear canisters that expel unusual legumes. Inside, she paused a minute before a column of purple beans with bright yellow specks. She fixed a big salad and ordered a...
