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You Were My Favorite Scarecrow
… just thinking about Calista and iron. Some years ago she commissioned a piece by a young sculptor—an artist whose … that it was the power: the sheer power in those bodies flying past. And I love that about Garry: his unabashed … cannot say I mind it so much. I am grateful for him. And I also don’t mind being left again, to a spanakopita, say, or …
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Forced Feeding
… Paul had married my mother a few years after my father died, and over their time together he behaved in ways that … December, Melville House released The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture , a document that had been made … [sic] with head lower than torso.” 2 But detainees also drank Ensure. Lots of it. They almost certainly drank …
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I Will End the Line of My Ancestors
… In California, the drought whispers to the water: Come back. The San Andreas Fault creases like the fate  line … drinking coffee,  opening her laptop and searching the same websites           for a job. I imagine her boiling sweet … Those days, my mother said she wanted           to die. The words always under her breath           but …
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The Chilean Girls
… Cardinal Juan Gualberto Guevara, Archbishop of Lima, to excommunicate all the couples who took part; and my … neighborhood, the Barrio Alegre of the Miraflores streets Diego Ferré, Juan Fanning, and Colón, competed in some … waltzes and huarachas, sambas and polkas to the mambo, we also moved on from skates and scooters to bicycles, and …
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The Sage At Sunset
… of more than 6,000 volumes to the nation. It would become the nucleus of the Library of Congress. It was a … of pressing debt. As the end of life approached, in 1825—26, accumulating interest had pushed his liabilities to well … in financial matters) Jeff Randolph, the scheme failed. He died deep in debt. Remarkably, this immense personal …
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Starting Over
… Starting Over . These nine spare stories, each one as compressed as a breath, show a steady, lifelong devotion to … time. She knew each one for who it was, though they had died years ago or hadn’t been seen for ages. Sometimes they … of the Heart—​The Elizabeth Spencer Story ), which also reveals that in 1957 The Voice at the Back Door was due …
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