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michael Z. wise

Michael Z. Wise is cofounder of New Vessel Press.

Christmas at the Boarding School

This is an old story, a school story. I was in the third row and he was in the second, near the entrance. He had arrived in September and sometimes, when he wasn’t busy listening in class, sharpening a pencil or writing an assignment, he looked around looking a bit lost, as if he’d just gotten off an airplane and didn’t know where he was.

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The Brooklyn Rail

NOV 2023

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