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Peter Cameron

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3 picks · 1984–1988

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Slowly
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If Tom, the narrator, wasn't gay, he would have married Jane, his friend from college. Instead, he introduced her to his brother Ethan, and Ethan …

Jump or Dive
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Evan and his parents had driven down from Oregon to visit his Uncle Walter, who lived in Arizona with his lover Jason. Evan had just finished ninth grade. …

Homework
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An 18-year-old high school senior misses a week of school because his dog, Keds, got killed outside of the A& P. He watches his sister wash her hair with …