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Claire Cameron's avatar

Perfect.

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Sonya Lea's avatar

This story reminded me of living in Banff National Park in Canada, where the berry bushes and fruit trees had to be replaced, all the trash and compost taken to locked metal containers on the street. Thanks for this line, which made me so glad to write today—"His pep talk is focused on how powerful it makes him feel to write novels, that billionaires have spent all of this money on a machine that still can’t really do it."

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Randall Van Nostrand's avatar

Loved this piece

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Alexander Chee's avatar

Thank you Randall

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