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Nam

This is the main character in the short story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” who has been at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop for one year.

Juan Pablo Mendez / Ron

This is the main character of “Cartagena” who works as an assassin.

Henry Luff

This is the main character of “Meeting Elise” who works as a figure painter.

Elise

This is the child of the main character in “Meeting Elise, though they have not seen each for 17 years.

Jamie

This is the main character of “Halflead Bay” whose mother has MS.

Alison Fischer

This is the character that the main character of “Halfhead Bay” has liked for a very long time.

Mayako

The story “Hiroshima” is told from this child’s point of view.

Sarah

This is the main character of “Tehran Calling” who has come to Iran to visit a friend...

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