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

Lauren Groff Reads “To Sunland”

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

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The Lady With the Birds

The bird lady with the birds extracted a peeled, hard boiled egg from her bag and dipped every bit of the white into the salt and pepper there. Johnny put her face to butty's shoulder and tried to muffle her laughter. Soon though, she just rested her head there, and her eyes slowly closed, and she fell asleep. Buddy liked the way the lady ate the egg in tiny, fast bites, leaving the golden centre for the end, which she rolled in the last foth the salt and Pepper and let sit in her mouth until it dissolved. Then she too fell asleep, and her snores high in her nose, up and down in the air of the bus. When

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