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Adolescence
Motels
An aroused Ferris-wheel operator, a guest with a penchant for eavesdropping, a mother with a botched suicide attempt
March 1995Law And Order
The most-feared policeman in the county, three-strikes defendants, an unforgettable Marshall
January 1995My Crap Life
He looks up and says me and my brother are getting a haircut on the front porch after dessert. Three days before summer, and he’s going to cut our hair.
August 1994My First Night At The Initiation Camp
This year the millet fields had been generous and the harvest good. The hard work of collecting and transporting grain from the farm to the house roofs, where it waited to be put into the granaries, was over. Now, in the fallow dry season, the villagers turned their attention to spiritual matters — to initiation.
August 1994Running Away
A niece’s realization, a mother’s uncontrollable urge, a father’s double life
January 1994
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