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Ten stories written in as many years, the collection serves as a document of Khong’s thirties, a time when circles shrink and choices narrow.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

"Everything is powered electrically, including the elevators, which in my case is a problem," said Yuriy Stepanets, in his thirties, smiling from his wheelchair.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

African and Russian media identified him as a self-styled "pick-up artist" and online blogger in his thirties who had travelled to Ghana to secretly film his interactions with women.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Four men in their thirties, arrested in October and November, are suspected of being the team who conducted the theft on October 19, 2025.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Shin spent all five years of primary school in class with this same teacher, who was in his early thirties, wore a uniform, and carried a pistol in a holster on his hip.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden