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American Stories

by Calvin Trillin · 1991

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In these, "the sort of stories you might tell in front of a fire", Calvin Trillin brings together twelve funny, troubling, moving and always revealing narratives—extended pieces that have appeared in The New Yorker over the past seven years.

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medium · 294 pages
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