Dormitory - "Sarahland"

In "Sarahland," the narrator Sarah is living in an all-girl dormitory while attending college. All of the girls in the dorm are Jewish, and Sarah notes humorously, "90 percent of the girls were named Sarah, or else Rachel, Alyssa, Jamie, Becca, Carrie, Elana, or Jen. The other 10 percent were named Bari, Shira, and Arielle" (3). Across the street, there is a similar dorm where the "Nice Jewish Boys" live, but they frequently make their way into the girls' dorm, which Sarah refers to as "an infestation" (1), comparing the boys to cockroaches. Sarah experiences internal conflict because she feels like she is different from the other girls in the dorm, as she has plans for a future career and she is not interested in men. She develops an attraction to one of the other girls in the dormitory named Sasha.

The yellow house - "Naked Furniture"

In "Naked Furniture...