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A Story a Day #56: Jean Stafford
April 15th, 2020 "A Country Love Story" Jean Stafford A couple buys a house in the country in order to help the husband heal from his...
Madison White
Apr 16, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #55: H. G. Wells
April 14th, 2020 "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" H. G. Wells A normal man who works at a grocery pops into the bar across the street....
Madison White
Apr 15, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #54: Anton Chekhov
April 13th, 2020 "The Bet" Anton Chekhov A rich banker makes a bet with a lawyer that capital punishment is better than a life in prison....
Madison White
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #53: Machado De Assis
April 12th, 2020 "Admiral's Night" Machado De Assis A sailor returns home to see a girl who he pledged himself to before leaving ten...
Madison White
Apr 13, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #52: Truman Capote
April 11th, 2020 "Among the Paths to Eden" Truman Capote A widowed man goes to visit his wife's grave, not particularly because he misses...
Madison White
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #50: Albert Camus
April 8th, 2020 "The Guest" Albert Camus A schoolmaster in Algeria sees two men coming towards him, odd because none of his students are...
Madison White
Apr 9, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #49: Paul Horgan
April 6th, 2020 "The Huntsmen" Paul Horgan A young boy named Madison goes duck hunting with his father. They shoot three ducks and while...
Madison White
Apr 7, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #48: Henry Lawson
April 5th, 2020 "The Drover's Wife" Henry Lawson In the Australian bush lives a drover's wife and her four children. It is very lonely...
Madison White
Apr 6, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #47: S. J. Perelman
April 4th, 2020 "Dental or Mental, I Say It's Spinach" S. J. Perelman This story doesn't really have much of a plot beyond a man who...
Madison White
Apr 5, 20201 min read
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Why I've Been Drawing and Not Writing
Writing has been difficult for me, for a while now. I don’t like admitting this. I don’t like having to question my identity and...
Madison White
Apr 4, 20202 min read
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A Story a Day #46: John O'Hara
April 2nd, 2020 "Over the River and Through the Wood" John O'Hara A man goes to visit his daughter. He thinks he must sell a house to...
Madison White
Apr 3, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #45: Santha Rama Rau
April 1st, 2020 "Who Cares?" Santha Rama Rau Two young Indians, who have recently returned from studying in America, bond over this...
Madison White
Apr 2, 20202 min read
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A Story a Day #44: Doris Lessing
March 30th, 2020 "The Old Chief Mshlanga" Doris Lessing A young white girl grows up in South Africa on her family's farm. She grows up...
Madison White
Mar 31, 20202 min read
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A Story a Day #43: Rumer Godden
March 29th, 2020 "Fireworks for Elspeth" Rumer Godden A young girl, Elspeth, has decided she will leave her home and join a nunnery. Her...
Madison White
Mar 30, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #42: Hjalmar Soderberg
March 28th, 2020 "The Burning City" Hjalmar Soderberg A young boy, about five years old, plays and dances about the living room. He tells...
Madison White
Mar 29, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #41: Ring Lardner
March 17th, 2020 "Haircut" Ring Lardner To summarize, this story is the ramblings of a barber. It consists of town gossip and mentions...
Madison White
Mar 28, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #40: Mikhail Zoshchenko
March 25th, 2020 "Pelageya" Mikhail Zoshchenko Pelageya is the wife of a Soviet official, but she is illiterate. He is embarrassed by...
Madison White
Mar 26, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #39: John Updike
March 24th, 2020 "The Alligators" John Updike A new girl, Joan, moves to a new school. The rest of the kids pick on her relentlessly and...
Madison White
Mar 25, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #38: Montague Rhodes James
March 23rd, 2020 "The Mezzotint" Montague Rhodes James An art curator is given an engraving by another, well-established art curator....
Madison White
Mar 24, 20201 min read
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A Story a Day #37: Robert Benchley
March 22nd, 2020 "The Sunday Menace" Robert Benchley A narrator muses on how annoying and awful Sunday afternoons are. They say that...
Madison White
Mar 23, 20201 min read
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