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The Junior Realtor
By Alec Niedenthal“Comedy was a theatrical form Paul had never pursued; he had always been more serious, a tragedian.”
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Fiction
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Cheating with John Cheever
By Jessica Laser“ 'The Country Husband' was, at least by reputation, so exactly what I’d been avoiding that I’m not quite sure why I chose to punish myself by reading it.”
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Riddle
By Alice Oswald“The two who stood there / and the two who saw them said / not what they said”
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Poetry
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Perplexed
By Nancy Lemann“Perplexity keeps sending me emails. They’re all about what she can do to enhance my life.”
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Rooted Here
By Ed Roberson“I notice its highest buds always leaf first / the serf twigs twisted and naked”
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Poetry
Lala and Waldy
By Elias Rodriques“It must have burned him up to hear Waldy brag to the girl who kicked his tooth out.”
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Fiction
Dan
By Mieko MeguroDrawings featuring scenes from everyday life with Mieko Meguro’s late husband, the conceptual artist Dan Graham (1942–2022).
