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Sept/Oct 2022 • Vol. XLIV No. 5 • Why We Chose It |

Why We Chose It: “Make and Model” by Sophia Emmons-Bell

“Make and Model,” by Sophia Emmons-Bell, appears in the Sept/Oct 2022 issue of the Kenyon Review.

“This station always surprises me,” Nora tells us. “I love the escalator up from the underground platform because I think of curtains rising at the movies.”

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