![]() ![]() ![]() "One mortifying moment triggers all the rest. "So many places have been wrecked for me," she thinks. Parsons brings heartbreaking details to "Guts": Sheila explains how she can no longer visit a favorite fast-food restaurant because a clerk once made fun of the amount of food she ordered. Ever since she started dating Tim, a medical student, "all the sick, broken people in the world begin to glow." She imagines tumors and incipient heart attacks in strangers, all the while remaining conscious of her own body, which fails to bring her joy: "I should love my body more," she reflects, but she doesn't. ![]() Sheila, the narrator of Kimberly King Parson's story "Guts," can't run away from bodies: not her own, not others'. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Black Light Subtitle Stories Author Kimberly King Parsons ![]()
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