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Polish Movers (excerpt)
Wellvang opened the door to his fourth-floor walk-up and found his purpose standing in the hallway: Polish movers. He’d observed Poles before in the wild, certainly: riding the metro in stiff leather jackets, standing without books or newspapers; grousing down …
Beloved Father Person (excerpt)
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At the end of October when I call my dad in Ohio he sounds like a trucker. His voice a box of rocks. I am on my way to campus to teach a weekly class. I don’t like to …
Harold’s Problem (excerpt)
I. Kenwood, Minneapolis
As on the last several Saturday afternoons, Brian Ward, a 56-year-old illustrator of considerable local renown, was counseling his friend on how to preserve his marriage. The effort, as always, was hopeless. Ward’s friend, the hedge fund …
A Nickel Novel (excerpt)
I came in and my mother went out with the buffalo nickel. 1913-1938. Mama would hold a nickel and say you were born the same year, with no regard for the date on that particular coin. It has come …
