Ben Katchor's brilliant new book Hand-Drying in America and Other Stories focuses on light switches, roofs, fast-food packaging, trash cans, coffee cups, and dozens more things in life we never really pay attention to. Using mainly one-page stories, Katchor's trademark storytelling bends just a little bit away from our own reality to make us see it more clearly. Here are five stories from Hand-Drying in America.

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