''Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry'' is a collection of

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Elizabeth McCracken Elizabeth McCracken (born 1966) is an American author. She is a recipient of the PEN New England Award. Life and career McCracken, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Newton North High ...

first published in 1993 by

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. It was included on the

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's "List of Notable Books for 1994."Ala.org
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Stories

# It's Bad Luck to Die # Some Have Entertained Angels, Unaware # Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry # The Bar of Our Recent Unhappiness # Mercedes Kane # What We Know About the Lost Aztec Children # June # Secretary of State # The Goings-On of the World

References

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