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

David Sedaris Reads “Roy Spivey,” by Miranda July

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

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Roye Pive, Roy Spive - A Brief Entanglement

miranda july sat next to a famous man on an airplane. He slept for the first hour, and it was startling to see such a famous face look so vulnerable and empty. She says she always let men see her asleep early on in a relationship. It makes them realize that even though i am five feet 11, i am fragile and need to be taken care of. A man who can see the weakness of a giant knows that he is a man. Soon, small women make him feel almost fay. And lo, he now has a thing for tall women. Now, here's David sadaris reading mirandajuly's story.

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