dubai
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300 short stories:: story 208
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Salt Garden” author: Margaret Atwood year: 1983 where: Dubai, Common Ground note: I adore this collection and find the protagonist Alma to be so layered. a line: “She can’t remember ever having astonished any of her friends with tricks from the instruction book. Astonishing herself was enough.” theme(s): time
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300 short stories:: story 106
Samantha Neugebauer
story: St. Clair Flats author: Constance Fenimore Woolson year: 1873 where: Dubai and Abu Dhabi note: For half the story I thought the main characters were a woman and a man, and I considered this extraordinary for its time (late 19th century) since the characters seemed to be unmarried and not the least perturbed to ‘Lewis and Clark’ around the American Great Lakes, but alas, I learned the characters were two male companions! a line: “How boundless is looks! One hill in the distance, one dark line of…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 