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Alexander MacLeod Reads “Once Removed”

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

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Aren't They Smart?

Amy had to stand so close to mat that her i s and her chest pressed up against him. They both had their arms in the air, and their shirts rode up so that their stomachs were exposed. She felt the hair around his belly button rubbing up against her bad spot where the extra skin from the pregnancy was still hanging around. In the other room, ella started to cry, really cry. Amy couldn't see the baby, but she knew this rising sound.

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