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general in the library / Italo Calvino --

The

phoenix / Ursula K. LeGuin -- Gloss on a decision of the Council of Nicaea / Joanne Greenberg -- Miss Vincent / Maria Dabrowska -- Who is it can tell me who I am? / Gina Berriault --

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public library / Isaac Babel -- Community life / Lorrie Moore --

The

cobweb / Zona Gale --

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retirement party / Lisa Koger -- Summer librarian / Sue Kaufman -- QL 696.C9 / Anthony Boucher -- Ed has his mind improved / Walter R. Brooks --

The

tractate middoth / M.R. James --

The

story of St. Vespaluus / Saki --

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trouble of Marcie Flint / John Cheever -- Rubber life / Francine Prose -- Hard-luck stories / Alice Munro -- Exchange / Ray Bradbury --

The

library of Babel / Jorge Luis Borges