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

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A Spectacular View of the University of California, Los Angeles

Half of me is still Paula Becker, and the other half is acting as if it were. Since I have to be on campus by eight, into the shining microwave I toss a frozen burrito. The tallest thistle brings to mind a camera, possibly alive. A sentient alien technology transmitting news of earth.

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