#465 Dark Matter- Katherine Heiny
Maya is having an affair with her mentor and boss. They
began the affair the night she was celebrating her engagement to Rhodes, her
fiancé. This is a kind of last fling affair, probably.
She has a theory that the smarter the man, the more likely
it is that after sex, as part of a pillow-talk ritual, he will spout off some
kind of inane factoid. That a clear mind inspires this kind of knowledge. The
story here is glued together with these little facts, like dark matter that glues
together the universe.
This story is less about the affair than about relationship
dynamics between men and woman. Maya has had men tell her facts her whole life,
like she needs to be taught something, but the one time she gives a fact, its
truthfulness is questioned. Heiny’s style is impeccable and light. There is a
seamless flow to the dialogue and well articulated shape to the story.
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