The favorite Manchurian card game is played with a deck of five cards. The card denoting Death bears the image of an owl, its eyes closed, sitting on a branch. Another, called Love, shows a pear tree. Then there is Rage, depicted by a lightning bolt. It i
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Reading for Writers A place for analyzing technique in published fiction. And some possible answers to the oft-asked "What should I read next?". The Dog of the Marriage by Amy Hempel When I was a freshmen in my second workshop ever and was feeling
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