So I guess The New Republic hasn’t been publishing short fiction since the days of John Cheever, according to magazine editor Franklin Foer. Thankfully they’ve remedied that with this great story by Nicole Krauss (who happens to be Foer’s sister-in-law…), “I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake,” which is in the December issue that might be off stands, but now online for all of us to enjoy.

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