Richard Mangahas

The Strange Relief of Finally Disappointing Someone

I was standing in the kitchen last Tuesday afternoon, watching my wife unload the dishwasher in this very particular way she has1 where every mug gets positioned with the handle at exactly three

The First Step and Its Infinite Predecessors

The first place I ever lived alone was a third-floor walkup with walls the color of depression and windows that looked onto a brick wall approximately eighteen inches away.1 I was twenty-three