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Sherman Alexie Reads Raymond Carver

The New Yorker: Fiction

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J P, a Young Woman's Name, Roxy, and I've Got Some Extra Kisses.

J p says he could feel his heart knocking. The young woman's name, it turns out, was roxy. He wanted to be a chimney sweep, but he didn't tell her that. Roxy starts going out with him on dates, and little by little he talks her into letting him go along on jobs with her. Before you know it, j p says, they're talking about tying the knot. They get married. In a year or so, roxy has a kid. At any rate, she's quit doing the work. Pretty soon she has another kid. J p is buying a house. But for some reason, who knows why we do what we do

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