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Readers Write
Selling Out
Handwritten letters, instant mashed potatoes, an armed-forces recruiting office
November 2009
Readers Write
The Middle Of Nowhere
Scuba diving, a Mickey Mouse watch, half a loaf of warm bread
September 2009
Readers Write
Fences
Access to water, a moose disappearing into the trees, the Israeli security fence
August 2009
Readers Write
Instructions
Making green-chili stew, answering an ad in the “Casual Encounters” section of Craigslist, writing the number 8
February 2009
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