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Readers Write
Readers Write
The Kindness Of Strangers
The original Odd Couple, Vivaldi on the bus, a sheep dog named Sailor
February 1994Readers Write
Running Away
A niece’s realization, a mother’s uncontrollable urge, a father’s double life
January 1994Readers Write
Fixing What’s Broken
A puddle of antifreeze, a porcelain doll, an extension cord
November 1993Readers Write
Locked Doors
Chopping a door into slivers; sitting two seats back, one row over to his right; being swept up by an undertow
October 1993Readers Write
Storms
A classmate remembered, a card playing grandmother, a Hurricane Andrew survivor
September 1993Readers Write
Ten Years Later
A sister’s grief, an aging woman’s grace, a rape victim’s triumph
August 1993Readers Write
Staying Together
Being tied up till eternity through the children, writing to each other in a centrally located spiral notebook, consulting the I Ching
June 1993
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