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Torn Between Two Kitchens
Marisol Reyes was thirty-one weeks pregnant and standing on a cold stair landing in a bathrobe when she
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A Deed With One Name On It
I gave the movers Marcus's parents' address before I even told him they were leaving.
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The Jar of Pickled Beets
"Dad, stop calling me. I don't have time to drive out and help you." That'
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The Nineteen-Year-Old Who Never Left
My father was nineteen when he found out I had Down syndrome. My mother didn't stick around long
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Well Pump Shutdown at Cedar Hollow
The bulldozer's diesel engine idled behind Marcus Doyle's fence line at seven-fifteen on a
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Hollow Creek Runs Dry
The first thing Marcus Webb did after the dust settled was walk back into his kitchen, set a dented metal
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**A House in My Name**
Marlene Castillo got home earlier than expected that August afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, when the pavement
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Nightfall on the Delta
Twenty-two years I've poured coffee at the Bayou Star Diner on Route 90, and I thought I'
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Grandma’s Grocery-List Roast Splits Dayton Cookout
Marjorie Kessler didn't consider herself a rapper. She considered herself a sixty-one-year-old retired
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# The Better Eyes
My name is Frank Castellano, I'm fifty-three years old, and I've been a notary public for almost