The New Yorker
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300 short stories:: story 123
Samantha Neugebauer
story: The First World author: Joseph O’Neill year: 2018 where: Paris Metro, line 2 then line 12 note: men and friendships is certainly a hot topic right now, particularly between cis men. a line: “It is my habit to divide humanity along Orbisonian lines: the lonely and the not so lonely. Arty, I sense, falls…
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100 short stories:: story 100
Samantha Neugebauer
story: The Lazy River author: Zadie Smith year: 2017 where: university campus note: I live somewhere that has its own “lazy river”, when did I expect this? I still prefer sometimes-grimy sometimes-lush Brooklyn. a line: “But once you have entered the Lazy River, with all its pliability and ease, its sterilizing chlorine and swift yet manageable currents, it is very hard to accept the…