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Why One Small American Town Won’t Stop Stoning its Residents to Death

Why One Small American Town Won’t Stop Stoning its Residents to Death

A satirical humor piece written as an interview with the coordinator of the lottery from Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'.

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    “aka Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" a hilarious micro-work of fanfiction that I’m planning to teach alongside The Lottery next semester in my interpreting literature class”

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