Short story, “Freak Corner”, in a 2019 issue of “One Story” magazine — the tale of a precocious deaf child and her friendship with a neighbor across the street in 1950s suburban Virginia. For more about the story and editor Patrick Ryans remarks and interview of John go to onestory.com blog.
Update on February 2021: This story has been re-printed in the 2021 Pushcart Prize Volume XLV.