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Corey Isaacs is a fiction writer and an MFA candidate at George Mason University. He grew up in Rockland County, New York, and currently lives in Laurel, Maryland with his girlfriend and two cats. His fiction has appeared in Narrative Northeast.

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“People Go to Therapy for That”

Corey’s Picks

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Notes

• Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
• What words do you need to Control F?
• Ineffable? Nebbish? Marmoreal? Atavistic? Carapace?
• Everyone loves Her Body and Other Parties
• What underdog books are you rooting for?
• How do you choose books to teach? Do you just pick your favorites?
• Is this what My Year of Rest and Relaxation is like?
• Laurel, MD
• Everyone loves Amy Hempel
• What is the SAT like these days?
• Adversity and the SAT
• What counts as a text??

Fiction