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The Refrigerator
A mustard-colored declaration of love, holy pink boxes of leftover delicacies, long-necked brown beer bottles
September 2014
Readers Write
Security
A convent; an ER’s “safe room”; a cage within a cage, inside a prison within a prison
June 2014
Readers Write
Cash
A birthday cake, a plastic bag marked “liver,” a lovely one-room cement house
April 2014
Readers Write
Keepsakes
A potted nandina shrub, an antique makeup compact, a light-blue cotton dress with white embroidery
February 2014
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