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Fiction: Getting Up – The Atlantic
“Steve.”
There is a pause.
“Steve.”
The tiny voice is adamant, frustrated.
“Steeeeeeeeve.”
The man does not look up.
“Steve. Steve. Steve,” she chants.
It is early—always early.
Carter, his daughter, laughs. “You’re Steve.”
That his name is Haiden has ceased to matter. He would love, simply, to go by Dad, or Daddy, but since her third birthday weeks ago, Carter has been stubborn—or dedicated, depending on his vantage. At first Haiden balked at being called Steve. He was mortified
Why Millennials Are Obsessed With Dogs
This article was published online on July 29, 2021.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, I have asked one question more than any other. It’s come up time and again, day and night, as frequently in my post-vaccination spring and summer as it did in the dark moments of the pandemic’s first wave: Are you my booboo?
The question is never answered by Midge, my agoraphobic chihuahua, but the answer is obvious. She’s