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Weike Wang Reads “Status in Flux”

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

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The Importance of Naturalization

The first time I typed the word naturalization in a text, my phone autocorrected it to neutralization. 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the border. The money she saved by not paying for half a wedding, deposits were lost. She and her husband go to Korea and Japan across Southeast Asia,. through Morocco and the nice parts of Europe and then down to Patagonia. To reduce her other commitments, she left her job and he had already even laid off.

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