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

Kate Folk Reads “Out There”

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

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X and Sam's Disinterested Relationships

Before he got sober, Sam spent a year eating only sardines and mustard sauce. He was worried about getting enough protein to maintain the mussel mass he'd painstakingly built at the gim. I asked him what he ate during the week when we were apart, and he said, mostly skinless chicken with mixed grains and vanilla flavored mussel milk. 'I don't think it's wise to talk about previous partners,' Sam told her.

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