Author
Jessie Seigel
Jessie Seigel is an associate editor at the Potomac Review and writes book reviews for the Washington Independent Review of Books. Her fictions, speculative and otherwise, have been published in Ontario Review, Gargoyle, the anthology Electric Grace, and Peacock Journal, amongst others. "In Our Country," published here for the first time, was the recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 44th New Millenium Writing Awards. Seigel has twice received a fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and was a finalist for a 2017 grant from the Speculative Literature Foundation. Seigel lives and writes in Washington, DC. More on her and her work can be found at The Adventurous Writer.
In Our Country
In our country, when a boy reaches the age of puberty, he is blindfolded so that he will not be tempted by the sight of women. This law is neither unreasonable nor unduly onerous. Boys and men are permitted to go without eye-covering amongst family members within the confines of…
In Our Country
In our country, when a boy reaches the age of puberty, he is blindfolded so that he will not be tempted by the sight of women. This law is neither unreasonable nor unduly onerous. Boys and men are permitted to go without eye-covering amongst family members within the confines of…