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Jennifer Egan Reads “What the Forest Remembers”

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

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Tor's Sense of Intimacy

By my count, there are 17 revellers tor and bary, our four. Tor is one of those essential figures who catalyze action in other people and then fade into non existence without making it into history. Since tor will pass away long before the era of oner unconscious, we have only these glimpses of him through the eyes of his acquaintances. The naked girl lu was surprised by, now clothed in a loose flowered dress and meeting his gaze without embarrassment. When widespread high has been achieved, the group gathers at a long table, or rather the men gather. Barry and the other women ferry to and from the kitchen a lavish vegetarian meal in bowls and on platters to

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