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

David Sedaris Reads “Roy Spivey,” by Miranda July

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

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The Number Is a Man's Number

This morning, i was cleaning out my jewelry box when i came upon a little slip of paper with pink curtains on it. I mouthed all the numbers and then said the missing one out loud. The idea of luck made me feel a little weary now, like christmas when you're not in the mood. Royce bivey's children had long since grown up. He wasn't a spy any more. He played the father of 12 rascally kids. It occurred to me now that i had missed the point entirely. he had wanted me to call him. My husband jokes about my lucky number, but i've never told him about roy. You shouldn't underestimate a

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