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March 2023 Issue [Memoir]

Frog

What happens to the pets that happen to you
African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) © Giuseppe Mazza

African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) © Giuseppe Mazza

[Memoir]

Frog

What happens to the pets that happen to you
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Until last summer, we had a dead frog in our freezer. When Bunky died, George and I thought we should wait to bury him till both our grown children were home, so we put him in a Ziploc bag and propped him on his side on a shallow shelf in the freezer door, just above the icemaker. Bunky was flat and compact and, very soon, as rigid as a cell phone. He fit perfectly. I’d always wondered what KitchenAid intended that shelf for—it was too narrow for any food I could think of—but now we knew. It was intended…

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 is the author, most recently, of the memoir The Wine Lover’s Daughter. Her essay “All My Pronouns” appeared in the August 2020 issue of Harper’s Magazine.


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