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Joshua Ferris Reads “The Boy Upstairs”

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

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'I'm So Sorry, I'm Sorry'

A student found her tenuous affiliation with the institution that had employed her for nine consecutive semesters abruptly term ed. She fled the building and was unlocking her car when the police cruiser pulled up. The officer inside, a meat head in sun glasses and moustache, powered down his window and identified her by name. He inquired into the last time she had visited the penera bred on ulster avenue. Was it this morning, he asked. And did you walk out again without payn without paying, did you serve yourself at the coffee station without paying in advance?

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