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May 15, 1943

The New Yorker cover for May 15, 1943

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fiction

Come Dance With Me in Ireland

Shirley Jackson

Fiction, from 1943: His eyes were closed and he seemed barely able, with her help, to stand on his feet.

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IF TROUBLE CAN BE AVOID

Mark Murphy