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Connecticut

This state, origin of one character in the anthology, is noted as a normalizing place, a marker of unexceptionality.

Dating apps

These online platforms are often cited as a necessary resource, but their exercise rarely if ever works well in the anthology.

Doll

This human stand-in is attempted but ultimately rejected as unsatisfactory.

Gym

This facility, ostensibly for self-improvement, tends to point out insufficiencies.

Lexapro

This medication features among several of the better-adjusted characters in the anthology.

Pornography

This classification of material occupies the attention of many characters, sometimes to the point of distraction.

Raven

This bird, associated with wisdom and death, sits ill with characters in the anthology and ultimately departs.

Thailand

The ancestral home of several characters, this nation acts directly against at least one narrator in the text.

Therapy

This psychiatric practice is engaged in and referred to by a number of characters, for...

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