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Veronica Geng

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9 picks · 1976–1990

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'My Ideal"
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The story is headed by a quotation from a letter in the Village Voice; the letter quotes a homoerotic paean to Ernest Hemingway's muscular physique, …

Mario Cabot's School Days
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There is no kid who's qualified to go to Harvard who can't, on some scholarship or other. --Hugh Sidey (on "Agronsky & Company") There's no …

Codicil
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Experts are now fine-combing[William Faulkner's] writing in every stage... They are trying to determine...how --ideally--he wanted his books …

For Immediate Release
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(A Political Statement Hand-Distributed on the Sidewalk in Front of the Russian Tea Room) Story starts with a quote from the N.Y Times about a Soviet …

Tribute
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Writer says that the coverage of the XXIII Olympiad overlooked certain small, unofficial things that people all over the country did to sustain the mood of…

Lobster Night
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An account of a long night with visits to a great many restaurants and night clubs. The writer starts out with Earl at the Cafe Chromosome - it was her …

Serenade
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Journal of a woman confined in a room with 24 other women by a man who is organizing a harem. He shows no interest in any of them. They while away the …

More Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions
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Descriptions by the writer of several games. She says, in desdribing the game called Seven Bugs, that one of the classic mathematical fallacies was …