William D. Schaefer

Biography

Professor of English UCLA 1962-90, Executive Director MLA 1971-78, Executive Vice Chancellor UCLA 1978-87. Published articles, essays, reviews, and three books, most recently Education Without Compromise. Also published more than twenty short stories in literary journals. Won the 2002 Emily Clark Balch Prize in Fiction for “Father’s Day “ in VQR, Autumn 2002.

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FICTION / Autumn 2002

Father’s Day

By William D. Schaefer

Well, I thought he looked good in the coffin. Had seen him only twice since I left Chicago, once in ‘53 when he and Mom made that trip to California, his last attempt to lure one of us back to the Trophy World, and then in ‘56 when Mom...