Some years ago, a famous writer came to my university to give a talk. It was spring, and the event was in the university’s coliseum, which was packed on one side. The writer read a hilarious essay, and there was a Q&A after.
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June 2022. The Amtrak is coming in. Its headlight down the track—closer, widening—falling across the bright afternoon. I’m hanging back on the concrete platform, not so much because it’s safer that way, but to avoid the summer rays.
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