linguistic hospitality

"Linguistic Hospitality," June 14, 2022 (#165)

title from The Lost Daughter (2021)

Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger (2018)

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell (2006)

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins (1976)

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong (2019)

Linguistic Hospitality

Dropping crabs onto the rocks to crack open the shells

makes the crab sleds—he guts the crabs and blowtorches

the open convertibles in which the various Tobacco Princesses rode

utter gratitude that I was able to get pregnant three times, and give

a real piece of work. Low-level gangbanger, affiliated with

a ham sandwich. Shimmering bits of foil fall all around

the question of whether a person is going to be able to realize

the only way they could communicate. It made me resent my

medical leave and that Lightman would have my head if

you even have any idea how to repair a whiffletree

upon his observations of natural law and order. Pendulum

collections agency is trying to get payment for some

rust in the fluid. Everything is in perfect working order,

a megalithic exoskeleton. Why, we can only conjecture

but shouldn't regret it too loudly lest we spoil the purity of

the combination of consideration and value in one event.

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