Lindsey Gates-Markel (@LGatesMarkel) was born in 1983 in rural Illinois and grew up on a farm. She has done graduate fiction work at the University of Iowa and received an MFA from Lesley University. Her work has most recently been published in Little Fiction, WhiskeyPaper, and Sundog Lit. She writes feelings-y emails through her newsletter, Dear Livejournal: http://tinyletter.com/lindseymarkel.
I refused to listen to the B-side. This was, I guess, an extension or reflection of the poverty of those years after leaving my marriage and buying the 10 Willie…