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    Literary Fiction

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    Fic­tion
    Scary Old Sex
    Arlene Hey­man
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    Fic­tion
    Hes­i­ta­tion Wounds
    Amy Kop­pel­man
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    Fic­tion
    Eter­nal Sonata
    Jamie Met­zl
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    Fic­tion
    Among the Living
    Jonathan Rabb
    Cover of Ways to Disappear
    Fic­tion
    Ways to Disappear
    Idra Novey
    Cover of As Close to Us as Breathing
    Fic­tion
    As Close to Us as Breathing
    Eliz­a­beth Poliner
    Cover of The Tumbling Turner Sisters
    Fic­tion
    The Tum­bling Turn­er Sisters
    Juli­ette Fay
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    Fic­tion
    Juden­staat
    Simone Zelitch
    Cover of Albina and the Dog-Men
    Fic­tion
    Albi­na and the Dog-Men
    Alejandro Jodorowsky
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    Fic­tion
    The Vel­vet Hours
    Alyson Rich­man
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    Fic­tion
    Leave Me
    Gayle For­man
    Cover of A Life Twice Given
    Fic­tion
    A Life Twice Given
    David Daniel
    Cover of The Waiting Room
    Fic­tion
    The Wait­ing Room
    Leah Kamin­sky
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    Mort, May 1947

    Excerpt­ed from The Two-Fam­i­ly House by Lyn­da Cohen LoigmanThe domes­tic, fem­i­nine scene unfold­ing before Mort did noth­ing to improve his spir­its. Upstairs, in his…
    Lyn­da Cohen Loigman
    April 26, 2016
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    And After the Fire
    Lau­ren Belfer
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    Seat­ing Arrangements

    Excerpt­ed from The Din­ner Par­ty: A Nov­el by Bren­da JanowitzSylvia left the most dif­fi­cult thing until the end. She had a habit of doing that — leav­ing things…
    Bren­da Janowitz
    March 31, 2016
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