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Claire-Louise Bennett Reads “Invisible Bird”

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

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Sleeping on Dawson Street

Kenny's bitter outlook and circuitous connivances began to wear on him too. Before long, he became restless and wanted to cut loose. We didn't sever ties with kenny and anna completely. Overtly rejecting them would have made matters worse. And so occasionally, increasingly, we'd stay in a hostel if we had the money,. or else on the street if we didn't. Out of everywhere, i liked to sleep on dawson street the most because of the nearness of books and the genial window fronts that framed them so enchantingly.

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