William Luvaas | The Sun Magazine

William Luvaas

William Luvaas teaches writing at the University of California at San Diego. His new novel, Going Under (Putnam), comes out in November. He lives in San Marcos, California.

— From October 1994
Fiction

Original Sin

I knew well enough that, without drastic cause, mothers like mine do not entrust their adolescent sons to aunts like Louise. Surely, Mother would have kept me among her own people if there had been any.

October 1994
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