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Marisa Silver Reads “Tiny Meaningless Things”

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

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Children Know What's What, Children and Dogs

On Wednesdays, it's his job to put the pressed clothing back in her closet. 45 minutes can go by with them barely speaking to each other. Scotty sits at the kitchen table eating a piece of cinnamon toast. She made it for him once, and now he prepares it himself. Most children would finish off the toast in a few bites, but Scotty is not most children.

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