Tuesday Intro/Teaser

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On the airplane
On June 16,  at roughly eight thirty in the morning, I get the phone call that my father is dead. Actually, that's not quite right. At eight thirty in the morning, still on June 16, the plane I'm on takes a detour and lands two hundred miles south of its destination (Chicago) because of a massive storm system that's closed both O'Hare and Midway. We sit on the runway for an hour. As a concession, the fight attendants pass out bottles of water and tell us we can turn on our cell phones until it's time to redepart. I have three messages. They're all from Elliott, my brother, who I talk to a few times a year, which would suggest we're not close, but we are. We don't see each other much, but when we do, it's like everything catches up immediately, like the time between meetings never happened. We are thick as thieves, but we suck at the phone.  It's a different thing with my sister.  Nell and I talk every day, whether we want to or not. We are addicted to conversation.

Reunion by Hannah Pittard

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