The Lonely Voice: 'Out with the Old' by Richard Yates
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Yvette Benavides and Peter Orner discuss the powerful New Year’s Eve story 'Out with the Old' by Richard Yates, set in a tuberculosis ward.
Yvette Benavides and Peter Orner discuss “Out with the Old” by Richard Yates. The setting is a tuberculosis ward in a veterans' hospital on December 31,1950. Dreams have faded for these patients whose best years seem to be behind them. For the character of McIntyre something miraculous happens. This is a powerful New Year’s Eve story.
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