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Fiction 2009 Issue
Fiction 2009 Cover
Alice Sebold on literary prizes; Tim O’Brien on detail and imagination; original stories by Paul Theroux, Téa Obreht, Rick Bass, and others; new poetry by Linda Gregerson and Donald Hall; and much more. View Magazine
  • The Laugh
    Téa Obreht
  • I Dreamed of Africa
  • PS
    Jill McCorkle
  • Coming Out the Other Side
  • Fish Story
    Rick Bass
  • Voices of Love
    Paul Theroux
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