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Spring 2002 • Vol. XXIV No. 2 • Fiction |

The Ham Theory

By Nancy Ludmerer

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Nancy Ludmerer's fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The Kenyon Review, North American Review, Cimarron Review, Sou'wester, Vogue, Green Mountains Review, and elsewhere. Recently her essay "Kritios Boy" was a prizewinner in Literal Latte's essay contest and her work has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives in New York City with her husband Malcolm and cat Sandy, a brave refugee from the storm of the same name.

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