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Story Day: Foreign Tongues

Story Day: Foreign Tongues

An alien anthropologist tries to make friends with ice cream.

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John Wiswell
Nov 20, 2023
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Greetings from November! The evenings come earlier, the leaves had fled the trees, and it’s gotten quite cold. I’ve turned in page proofs on my novel just in time to catch the flu (it’s rough, but far better than if I’d caught it unvaccinated), and so I’m having trouble staying upright today. But ahead of the U.S.’s big thankful holiday, I wanted to cli…

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