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Fairleigh Dickinson University

Jody Azzouni

The Ghost Zoo ||| Alaska Quarterly Review

December 20, 2019

Jody Azzouni

      We live underground. More or less all the time. We eat roots, berries, tubers and insects. Occasionally rodents. Naked mole rats if we’re lucky enough to find a colony. Then we party. We even cook them if … Continued

Something Is Wrong With Harry

March 28, 2014

Jody Azzouni

Harry is gardening. Flowers, he tells me. For the dog. Dogs need flowers too. Really, I tell him. Harry doesn’t trust me. He thinks I’m being sarcastic, that I’m making a joke at his expense. I’ve been practicing deadpan for … Continued

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