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Jamie Quatro Reads “Yogurt Days”

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

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The Man's Eyes Half Open

"I'm doing this for her, he said, for them. I am who I am," Benjamin says of his father and mother. "You see my bike out there? There's a Ducati, cost me the fucking bank." The man takes a sip but doesn't swallow. He asks: Is it true you've repented? Yes, dad, Benjamin said, I'm so sorry. A great wet sobbing noise is heard in the hallway as they tell their story.

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