Breadman by J. Robert Lennon in The New Yorker
If you have yet to read J. Robert Lennon’s excellent short story, Breadman, in The New Yorker. Above, is the original manuscript for it. J. Robert explains:
This story came out much cleaner in the first draft than most of my stuff—I did some work to the beginning and end, and tweaked small things throughout. Then I went through a bunch of drafts with two editors and a copyeditor at the New Yorker. I think the first few pages were written on a laptop, then I switched to the notebook for the rest.
Please do yourself a favor and spend a few minutes with it right now.
