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October 16, 1995

The New Yorker cover for October 16, 1995

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modern life

No Place Like Home

Nancy Franklin

Modern Life by Nancy Franklin, from 1995: “After sixteen years, it came down to a battle of wills: woman versus apartment.”

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the way we lived

They All Just Went Away

Joyce Carol Oates