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"George Singleton is a very funny man. H e could write about a tootsie roll and keep me reading," says Abigail Thomas, author of Safekeeping and A Three Dog Life , about Singleton's new collection of personal essays. Readers of his celebrated short story collections (The Half-Mammals of Dixie, You Want More, and The Curious Lives of Non-Profit Martyrs, among others) know just what a master storyteller Singleton can be. Yet in this collection of essays, readers will discover Singleton's best kept