K.W. Oxnard Explores Medicine and Mortality in The Leg in Question

The Leg in Question is the debut short story collection by Savannah writer K.W. Oxnard. Peter and Orlando discuss stories about HIV and AIDS, an apparently healthy leg a patient wants amputated, a grieving dog, and a Savannah morgue worker, while considering how Oxnard uses compressed scenes and unexpected endings to examine medicine, mortality, and human connection. Oxnard also reflects on the writers who shaped her work and on how the COVID era intensified her fascination with the body.