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Private Citizens
Written by Tony Tulathimutte
Narrated by Pete Cross
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Capturing the anxious, self-aware mood of young college grads, the story's four whip-smart narrators - Cory, Will, Henrik, and Linda - are torn between fixing the world and cannibalizing it.
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Tony Tulathimutte
Tony Tulathimutte is the author of Private Citizens and Rejection. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, n +1, The Nation, The New Republic, and The New York Times. The recipient of an O. Henry Award and a Whiting Award, he runs the writing class CRIT in Brooklyn.
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