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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 City Must Be Crazy

City money funded a bus ride to and from new jersey, where every one was treated to lunch at an olive garden. Shara's heart makes a louder than usual sound when her freneme appears once more at his window. She has learned to do this at school where she is part of the majority asian student body. Neither popular nor unpopular, not much picked on, but not entirely shielded either. There are no black boys in her classes, but two of her school's most popular male students are black. They are distinguished by their socker skills and the accompanying uniforms which turn them into vivid anima heroes.

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