We know story collections end when they end, as well - the pages serving as a countdown - … - Junot Diaz

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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

Junot Diaz

We know story collections end when they end, as well - the pages serving as a countdown - but nevertheless the standard story anthology hews closer to what makes being human so hard: it reminds you with each story how quickly everything we are, everything we call our lives can change, can be upended, can disappear. Never to return.

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