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by Harry Leeds

The interpreter says after the stroke she’s had to get creative to sign with only one hand. The most scared he’s ever felt is interpreting in jail. After a convict confessed to a gruesome murder he never again went in a room alone. Problem is there’s nobody to tell if something goes wrong. Still, deaf people get picked on in prison, even if they deserve to be there. But interpreting a murder is something else because you are the first person to describe it out loud.

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Harry Leeds completed his MFA at the University of Florida, lived in Eastern Europe and is now a registered nurse. He's published in FENCE, The Black Warrior Review, and a notable in Best American Essays. He edits MumberMag magazine, is a journalist, a nurse, and received a McKnight grant to spend towards publicity of this novel. Check out MumberMag, Harry on Twitter, and his website.