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By Eileen MylesMichael Lally’s Another Way to Play, out next week, is an awesome book and you should read every word of it. You won’t do it in a day or in many days, but during the passage of reading it you will learn something about time. Another Way to Pla…
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Close Encounters
By J. D. DanielsFor a long time he had been the kind of person who didn’t have a cell phone. But one evening after dinner his wife had become enraged and had said, When are you going to get a cell phone.
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The Conversion of the Jews
By Philip RothWhat Ozzie wanted to know was always different. The first time he had wanted to know how Rabbi Binder could call the Jews “The Chosen People” if the Declaration of Independence claimed all men to be created equal. Rabbi Binder tried to distinguish for him between political equality and spiritual legitimacy, but what Ozzie wanted to know, he insisted vehemently, was different. That was the first time his mother had to come.
From the Archive, Issue 18
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The Great Sandusky
By Stanley Elkin“The Great Sandusky” was a hard man to get to know. Indeed, getting to meet him was my first campaign. We were both strong men of the world. He would help me. That he was in the city was common knowledge to all the regulars in the gym. I had seen a feature article on him in the paper. It said he lived now in a hotel near the river. I would write him. Of course. The Great Sandusky. Of course!
From the Archive, Issue 32
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That Man
By Maureen N. McLaneThat man over there / looking sidelong / as you sidelong / smile I do not think / he’s a god / or frankly that great / but it’s true he’s glowing / under your eyes &
