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Rivka Galchen Reads “How I Became a Vet”

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

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The New Management of Our Clinic Made Me Feel and Be Vulnerable

I'm not going to argue that I'm the best veterinarian of this century, or even this zip code. The new management of our clinic with its new protocols made me feel and probably be vulnerable. An obstetric nurse lives in chronic extremeness. No matter how quote normal a delivery is, the day a human or any animal gives birth is an exceptional day. Everyone gets negative online reviews. My supervisor told me the day after the parrot person had written up a vicious review.

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