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“One evening, when I asked her about the origins of her selflessness, she reminded me of how after the war, her mother, the sainted Mutti, had volunteered to house seven refugees at different…

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“He was a beefy, auburn-colored hunting dog—butch but neutered—with a curled tail and a misaligned lip that gave him a mischievous smile. One Halloween, for the Art Bar Pet Party, he went as…

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“My husband is not only a clarinet player born in the Bronx, he is also a man who knows the five boroughs of New York like the back of his favorite reed. I…