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Emily Witt

Miami Party Boom

Essays
23 April 2010

We were led to an elevator past tanks filled with pulsing jellyfish lit a glowing indigo. The elevator went down to the basement area where the spa was, and when the door slid open an impossibly tall drag queen greeted us, dressed only in white towels except for the diamonds that twinkled from her earlobes. More…

Originally published in Issue 9: Bad Money

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Emily Witt

Cinema é Luxo

Essays
14 September 2009

He was directed to take a second test, one he could only recall later as assessing one’s aptitude in “general culture.” This, too, he passed. Finally the government told the remaining fifteen students what the tests were for. With an air of great benevolence and gravity, a functionary from the Ministry of Work told Gabriel he would be working in the movies. More…

Originally published in Issue 8: Recessional

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