A Slim Anthology that Encompasses Worlds: PEN America Debut Short Stories 2017
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By: Michelle Ming Xu | September 13, 2017
Hours later and several stories in, it became a process of cheating myself: “The next story is only six pages.” “It’s only 2am.” “The next one will only take…” More
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