Kate Walbert Reads “Marriage Quarantine”

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Kate Walbert reads her story “Marriage Quarantine,” from the December 6, 2021, issue of the magazine. Walbert’s novels include “A Short History of Women,” “His Favorites,” and “Our Kind,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2004. Her story collection “She Was Like That” was published in 2019.