Creative Nonfiction

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this machine in the student union building at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. CMU is a way station in my various running routes, kind of a middle point where I can go to the bathroom, hydrate, and maybe even answer a text or two. But one day, walking through the union, I saw this Short Édition dispenser, nestled in a corner and surrounded by a

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