The New Yorker
4/10/2021
A Botched Circumcision and Its Aftermath. The constant discomfort of a genital injury creates a covenant of pain. Men are not supposed to talk about pain or disfigurement; they must laugh it off or remain stoic about what happened.
Text by Gary Shteyngart ad by Nicholas Blechman.
Text by Gary Shteyngart ad by Nicholas Blechman.
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