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Kate Folk Reads “Out There”

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

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I Nudged Sam, Do You Think He's a Good Man?

Every one used the pools naked. We saw them through the locker room window, mostly couples and a few solo middle aged men strolling across the wet concrete. Being naked with sam in this context felt different from being naked with him in my apartment. After a few minutes, nudity no longer seemed like a big deal. Without swim suits, the human body was a neutral thing, detached from eroticism.

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