Jim McDermott

A native of Virginia, Jim McDermott is the author of a creative nonfiction book about dogs and of a research text centering on Ludwig Wittgenstein's prose style. He lives with his wife and two children near Washington, D. C.

Reading List

The Pointer

Jim McDermott  | 
Issue 62.1 Fall 2013

“The Pointer” received the 2nd annual Bevel Summers Prize for the Short Short Story. Swallows fly in and out the broken windows of a V-12 silvered by weather, our great-grandfather’s ancient Sunday cruising sedan. We’re sitting on the hoods of …