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

Lauren Groff Reads “To Sunland”

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

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Getting Out of a Dump, I'm Sorry for Your Loss, Buddy

Harmon and Johnie Green are on their way to a new life in Gainesville, Florida. Harmon has been accepted at Sunlint College after winning a scholarship from the school where her mother used to work. The pair have also moved into an apartment they hope will help them get out of this old dump. They were traveling with two other girls when another man stopped by for a chat. He said he was sorry about what had happened; Jony told him that it's not easy to lose a mother.

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