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September 17, 1990

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Hack Wednesday

Margaret Atwood

A columnist at a Canadian newspaper dreams about babies as the holidays draw near, in this short story by Margaret Atwood, from 1990.

Margaret Atwood's Hack Wednesday: the writer at work on an ordinary day, the labor that makes the magic seem effortless.

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