The Word for Almost
What does a person write down when English is the thing between her and a life?
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The Word for Almost
A small English-learning notebook found in a Queens library donation pile follows Miriam Kandel from night school in 1949 to a hospital room in 1974. Five entries record the words she needed for work, family, a neighbor's landlord, and one moment when she finally stopped pretending to understand.
Note: the notebook and all persons described are fictional, created in the tradition of found-object storytelling.
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