Marrie Stone

Marrie Stone's work has appeared in the River Oak Review, the Writers' Journal, Reed Magazine, Into the Void, and Coffin Bell Journal. Various articles and other essays have been widely published elsewhere. For the past eleven years, she has co-hosted the weekly radio show Writers on Writing and interviewed hundreds of authors, including George Saunders, Tobias Wolff, Geraldine Brooks and others. Read more about Marrie at her website, marriestone.com.

How to Win at Losing

Take a selfie. Consider the pros and cons of removing your shirt. Remind yourself that it’s a rare man who, at forty-eight and no stranger to Big Gulps and barbeque ribs, should ever remove his shirt. Instead, stand in front of your canary yellow Corvette and raise your cell phone camera high on its stick. Higher. Lean on the hood. Button your shirt. Higher. Make a mental note to buy a bigger shirt.
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