Koans of the Midwest
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How It Feels to Be Sometimes Inanimate
They say there’s nothing bad that can happen to a writer — that anything “bad” is really just “more material.” But there is actually something “bad” that can happen to a writer.
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The Wise Pretend
Across the street stood that most contemptibly generic, mundane creation, the strip mall, its loud signs glowing in the rain. I hate strip malls.
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