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2 picks · 1968–1978

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A Silver Dish
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Woody Selbst, a tile contractor in South Chicago, mourns the death of his Jewish father, Morris. When Woody was 14, Morris took off with Halina, a Polish …

Mosby's Memoirs
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Short story. Mr. William Mosby was in Oaxaca on a Guggenheim grant to write his memoirs. As he sat sipping mescal on the mountainside patio, he pondered on…