“This Is How It Happens,” by Molly Aitken
Molly Aitken
The New Yorker · 2026
5.0
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2026
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The night the tip jar went missing, we assumed that it had been stolen by a student, or maybe a professor—an adjunct—who had taken it when we weren’t looking.
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The New Yorker May 4, 2026 · May 4, 2026
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