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Playing For Keeps
Lena was raised on violin lessons and minimal parental supervision. “And by ‘minimal,’” she declared to her private tutor, Henri, “I mean none. Zip. Nada. I’ve spent more time with you and my violin instructors than I have with them.”
How Morse McClary Found Love and Forgave America
He owed this to two women: his beloved wife Zelda and a hometown agoraphobic girl.
The Authoritarians
“I live in America now. Of that you’ll hear more. I grew up in a place without democracy.”
Debris
He huddled in an alcove by the airlock,
amid the sacks of rubbish, waiting to be burned,
When the Blackbirds Sing
“The quietest place in the world is a coffin. I’ve spent a lot of time in coffins.”