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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract">The stories in this collection were written over the course of the past three years as I completed the MEA program in Creative Writing at Colorado State University. These stories follow the struggles of characters as they attempt to build meaning out of lives at once absurd and banal. Toward this end, this collection plays with the problem of communication and meaning both in content and in form.</dim:field>
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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject">Communication</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="title">These are the people I've been telling you about</dim:field>
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