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Where East Meets West
Nell Freudenberger
‘How can we presume to know what other people's experiences are like?’
Exile
Olga Grushin
‘For one instant, while all this seemed possible, he listened to the violent unfolding of his heart.’
Passover in New Orleans
Dara Horn
‘The moon was bright and round, as it always is on Passover, like a coin resting on the moist black velvet of the spring night sky.’
Hard Core
Gabe Hudson
‘My buddy Meat’s the one who showed me the true joy of handling the M203.’
Gabe Hudson in Granta 97: Best of Young American Novelists 2.
Dance Cadaverous
Uzodinma Iweala
‘It just seemed like the right thing to want, the right thing to do.’
My Painter
Nicole Krauss
‘My painter caught me in a moment that is somehow rare and yet not uncharacteristic.’
Valets
Rattawut Lapcharoensap
‘It’s a slow night again. The other valets are out back playing pétanque with the kitchen staff.’
The Barn at The End of Our Term
Karen Russell
‘Eleven of the stabled horses are, as far as Rutherford can ascertain, former presidents of the United States of America.’
