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Timothy Gallagher

Timothy Gallagher works as an emergency-medicine doctor in New York City. He enjoys biking with his family, even when that means sometimes getting lost.

— From December 2020
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

The Practice Of Touch

I imagine my own daughter in Danny’s situation. She is a toddler, so I would be allowed to stay with her if she got COVID. But if she were older, what would I do? What rules would I break to sit beside her?

December 2020
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