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Typical American — Vocabulary
Gish Jen
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1.1 -- A Boy With His Hands Over His Ears
1.2 -- A Boy With His Hat Over His Crotch
1.3 -- Love
1.4 -- These Things Happen
1.5 -- In the Basement
1.6 -- Deliverance
1.7 -- Theresa
1.8 -- The Deliverance, Continued
2.9 -- Helen, Far From Home
2.10 -- A New Life
2.11 -- A Chill
2.12 -- Plans For Theresa
2.13 -- The Imagineer
2.14 -- Love at First Sight
2.15 -- Grover At the Wheel
2.16 -- Waiting
2.17 -- Helen Is Home
2.18 -- Progress at Last
3.19 -- Chang-kees
3.20 -- Ralph at the Wheel
3.21 -- Ardor
3.22 -- Examinations
3.23 -- Love Animates
3.24 -- The New House
3.25 -- Tenure
3.26 -- On the Milk Box
4.27 -- Mystery
4.28 -- Ralph is Answered
4.29 -- A Brand of Alchemy, Indeed
4.30 -- Music to Their Ears
4.31 -- Once a Chang-Kee
4.32 -- Helen, Breathing
4.33 -- Ralph Has an Idea
4.34 -- A Pinch in Time
4.35 -- Living by the Numbers
4.36 -- Constructions
4.37 -- Watching the Overhead
5.38 -- A Man of Steel
5.39 -- Helen's House
5.40 -- A Black Hole
5.41 -- The Whole Family, Together
5.42 -- In the Cat House
5.43 -- Things Fall Out
5.44 -- Feeding the Dog
5.45 -- Down the White Hall
5.46 -- The Order, Lost
5.47 -- Faith
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1.1 -- A Boy With His Hands Over His Ears
1.2 -- A Boy With His Hat Over His Crotch
1.3 -- Love
1.4 -- These Things Happen
1.5 -- In the Basement
1.6 -- Deliverance
1.7 -- Theresa
1.8 -- The Deliverance, Continued
2.9 -- Helen, Far From Home
2.10 -- A New Life
2.11 -- A Chill
2.12 -- Plans For Theresa
2.13 -- The Imagineer
2.14 -- Love at First Sight
2.15 -- Grover At the Wheel
2.16 -- Waiting
2.17 -- Helen Is Home
2.18 -- Progress at Last
3.19 -- Chang-kees
3.20 -- Ralph at the Wheel
3.21 -- Ardor
3.22 -- Examinations
3.23 -- Love Animates
3.24 -- The New House
3.25 -- Tenure
3.26 -- On the Milk Box
4.27 -- Mystery
4.28 -- Ralph is Answered
4.29 -- A Brand of Alchemy, Indeed
4.30 -- Music to Their Ears
4.31 -- Once a Chang-Kee
4.32 -- Helen, Breathing
4.33 -- Ralph Has an Idea
4.34 -- A Pinch in Time
4.35 -- Living by the Numbers
4.36 -- Constructions
4.37 -- Watching the Overhead
5.38 -- A Man of Steel
5.39 -- Helen's House
5.40 -- A Black Hole
5.41 -- The Whole Family, Together
5.42 -- In the Cat House
5.43 -- Things Fall Out
5.44 -- Feeding the Dog
5.45 -- Down the White Hall
5.46 -- The Order, Lost
5.47 -- Faith
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