Reviewer Carol Haggas writes, “Meno has written a definitive and unnerving account of the myriad risks and meager rewards of seeking asylum.”
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Tag: Another Chicago Magazine
Unwrap four bundles of dry vermicelli. / Let their white locks dissolve
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The abandoned garden cannot be reclaimed in a day.
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In all the discussions I have been a part of over the last month, prisoners are a population that hasn’t been discussed.
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The best part is, they never complained.
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We’ll sleep on it before we make our final decision.
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My boyfriend drank a Corona from the box in the fridge. We had bought two twelve packs back in January because it’s his favorite beer.
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I tell my kids not to touch anything or anyone in the office and, immediately, my daughter touches the statue of the children, the fish tank, and is one inch away from a little girl with a mask on.
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You notice she doesn’t have her usual mom smell; she smells like orange trees and flower fields.
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Reviewer William Demaree writes: “These are not the typical ‘well-made’ short stories; teachers would have a bitch of a time using them to illustrate that old ‘exposition-rising action-climax-denouement’ paradigm.”
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