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Caleb Crain Reads “Easter”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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Grandad Jay's Confusion Spiraled a Little

Jacob tried to come up with the topic of conversation. His mother had told him this couple of years before, when she noticed him reading one of van gut's books. I don't know what you're talking about, grandad jay said impatiently. He inhaled sharply three times, and again looked at jacob as if he were startled to see him there. Jacob considered summoning his grandmother, but it seemed natural that his grandfather's confusion would spiral a little at the end of the day. Not everything has to make sense.

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