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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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Is She Trying to Bomb His Head?

Sara is 14 years old and the boy looks to be around the same age. Still, there is no thought of sexual attraction. Sara's antipathy toward her mother has been perfectly understood without her having to utter a word. Lately, her mother has taken to crying over the trans america hospitality. Only then will those infringing on their rights reconsider because we quiet in keeping to ourselves, she says. So this is our civil rights. We are stopping others from picking on us.

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