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

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Civil Disturbance”

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

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How to Sell a Sauna Membership

"I'm ready to lay it on thick, but it turns out that he doesn't have time for this," says the fitness expert. "He eats lunch at nine o'clock in the morning and I cut the introductory sales pitch." He's sitting across from me, his eyes darting around behind his glasses,. And we could be back in Mrs. Morrison's class, with my sneakers and my muscles and brice with his sloping shoulders and concave chest", she adds.

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