Here Are Seven (Very) Short Stories About Drones by Award-Winning Author Teju Cole
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Jan 15, 2013 10:42 AM    

Here Are Seven (Very) Short Stories About Drones by Award-Winning Author Teju Cole

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Here Are Seven (Very) Short Stories About Drones by Award-Winning Author Teju ColeTeju Cole, the novelist, essayist, art historian and master tweeter, wrote seven short stories about drones — the unmanned aerial vehicles used by the U.S. for covert assassination in foreign countries — on his Twitter feed yesterday. Here they are. More »

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