Coach Ray

by Lillian Li, Lena Valencia (Editor)

Genres: Short Stories

35 pages, Unknown Binding

First published May 16, 2019

About the author

Lillian Li is a graduate from the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program, where she received her MFA in fiction. Her first novel is forthcoming from Henry Holt (Macmillan) in 2018. Her work has appeared in Granta, Guernica, Glimmer Train, and Jezebel. She writes for the Michigan Quarterly Review. Currently, she lives in Ann Arbor, teaching at the University of Michigan, and slinging books at Literati Bookstore. Visit her website for more info.

Reviews

[sayitwithasmile · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this little story about a cross country coach facing his own high school insecurities in the face of a new scholarship kid. Although I didn't run cross country in high school but my brother and friends did and growing up in MA, the mountain scenes and the camp before the season aspect really brought me back. Wanted a little more from the ending but I really got a good glimpse of Li's writing and I'm eager to read more!