The Emperor of Gladness Fairy Tales and Folk Tales / it's denting every bone

/ it's denting every bone it's venting something it has known since I arrived and felt it beat

For Sasha Geffen

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The Emperor of Gladness Fairy Tales and Folk Tales / it's denting every boneBy: Ocean Vuong One late summer evening in the post industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen year old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair