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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Civil Disturbance”

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

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The Mayor's Plan Is Not Ours

Molly and Bryce are arguing over the election. Molly says her candidate has gained only a point in the polls, while the third-party candidate has held steady. To make matters worse, the municipal plows have come through and cleared the street of eight inches of snow. You shovel the streets when you're winning, Molly says. I've had a change of heart, he says. He's talking about exercising.

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