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"He's at the Office" by Allan Gurganus from The
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"How to Win" by Rosellen Brown from Best American
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"Mommy Dressing" by Lois Gould from Mommy Dressing:
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"Muhammad Ali is the Most Famous Man in the World"
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"My Coney Island Uncle" by Harvey Swados from Nights
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"Nativity, Caucasian" by Allan Gurganus from White
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"Oliver's Evolution" by John Updike from Licks
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"One Friday Morning" by Langston Hughes from American
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"Roman Fever" from Roman Fever and Other Stories
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"The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen from The
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"The Kugelmass Episode" by Woody Allen from Nothing
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"The School" by Donald Barthelme from The Oxford
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"Weight" by John Egar Wideman from The O'Henry
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