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T.C. Boyle’s “When I Woke Up This Morning Everything I Had Was Gone”
by T.C. Boyle in Tooth and Claw The narrator of this story has a few things he wants to tell you. Beginning in a bar, you pretty much know how this story is going to turn out, but that’s not … Continue reading
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