At the beginning of Elizabeth McCracken's "An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination," a woman at a reading suggests that because McCracken is so funny, she should write a book about "the ...

Sissy is a figment of my imagination. I know she existed and she is part of the reason I am here imagining her, but still, that’s all I can do. There’s nothing left of her; ...

But it’s also unfortunate,” DeJear said. “What she showed Iowans was a figment of her imagination, not what Iowans need for them. ...