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Han Ong Reads “Elmhurst”

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

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The South Asian Man's Poems

Sara's mother was cowed by the young social worker's eloquence. She could not speak, and her ness was contagious. What about the grafidi? The broken beer bottles? The lewd propositioning of passing females? To ask would be to fall into the south asian man's trap. He had a refutation for every complaint and was only waiting to be given the opportunity to pounce.

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