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Waiting tables at a diner, playing in a wedding band, giving massages at the Phallus Palace

A prominent birthmark, an elaborate skin-care regimen, a secret ancestry

A favorite album, a fastest time, a handwritten note about an adoption

A 24-hour diner, a hospital late shift, a conversation you don’t want to end

Poorly—and purposefully—placed slogans, baby-goat encounters, and uncanny AOL connections

On a solo backpacking trip, in a desert military base, at a church revival

On a solo backpacking trip, in a desert military base, at a church revival

A peach-pickers’ strike, a crisis of faith, a paralyzing accident

A foreign sports car, a Hawaiian vacation, a glass of water on a hot day

A broken clock, a chance encounter, a long-distance relationship

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