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By Grace Byron"We aligned the crabs one by one along a ruler before tagging them, measuring the length of their murky, gray shells. The drill crushed through the exoskeleton with ease."
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By Yongyu Chen“I took the pill of estradiol. My feet hurt.”
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By Chandler Fritz"Suddenly I thought I should probably ride a bull. Or, more accurately, I suddenly found that I was going to ride a bull."
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By Tom Crewe“There was a bush that emitted a strong smell almost exactly like that of semen. Some men and women noticed it as they passed by. It was rather shocking, in a vicar’s garden.”
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By Alessandro TeoldiWorking in layers, Teoldi pasted dyed linen and cotton on canvas, adding texture with oil paint, charcoal, ink, soft pastels, color graphite, and acrylic gouache.
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Auras
By Anne CollierThe images in Auras were taken between 2003 and 2004 at a downtown Oakland psychic shop.
