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A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
by
Lucia Berlin
Aug. 7, 2023 - Aug. 14, 2023
(read, fiction, great-writing)
Berlin, L. (2016). A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories. Picador.
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dervish »
(noun) a member of a Muslim religious order noted…
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I don’t know why I even brought this up. Magpies …
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It has been seven years since you died. Of course…
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Time stops when someone dies. Of course it stops …
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I just realized that I’m doing that last assignme…
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CD wrote about his brother. Most of CD’s stories …
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Introduction
by Stephen Emerson
(missing author)
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Angel’s Laundromat
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Dr. H. A. Moynihan
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Stars and Saints
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My Jockey
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41
El Tim
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Point of View
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Her First Detox
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61
Phantom Pain
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Tiger Bites
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Temps Perdu
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Carpe Diem
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Toda Luna, Todo Año
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Good and Bad
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137
Melina
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145
Friends
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Unmanageable
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Electric Car, El Paso
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159
Sex Appeal
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Teenage Punk
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167
Step
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170
Strays
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179
Grief
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Bluebonnets
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203
La Vie en Rose
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210
Macadam
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211
Dear Conchi
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Fool to Cry
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Mourning
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Panteón de Dolores
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So Long
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A Love Affair
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272
Let Me See You Smile
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Mama
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Carmen
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Silence
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Mijito
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502
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Here It Is Saturday
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B.F. and Me
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Wait a Minute
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Homing
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401