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Joshua Ferris Reads “The Boy Upstairs”

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

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A Woman's Guide to a Broken World

Olivia was a mutt with a lot of blue tick hound in her. Olivia longed for contact. She stood on two legs and made herself tall for human embraces. The absence of oli athat reminded her that the world, no matter how corrupt, required careful tending, and even deserved it.

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