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She Found Ways to Be Fascinating

During an uneasy second date with a much older, probably married man, Phoebe Hayes — the narrator of Natalie Standiford’s novel Astrid Sees All — cringes at how provincial and…

Resisting a Truce with the Unknown

…bourbon decanter and not a golden calf. That we had been praying to the alcohol all along explained a few things.” Jones oscillates between loving compassion for those who shaped…

Polished Jewels

…learned to read.”  The natural histories complement and enlarge the personal ones. Renkl’s wry appraisal of both human and nonhuman animals is affectionate yet unsentimental. From the Nashville suburbs where…

Eternal Questions, Evolving Answers

universe is necessarily one of a vast number of universes, each of which is constantly and randomly spawning new universes in an unending chain of cosmic creation, extending into the…

Reality Orientation

…accessible. As a result, The Caring Class is easy to imagine in the hands of undergraduates, or even thoughtful high schoolers, studying all manner of subjects related to the social

Strange Things Happening

…you could strap to a large dog or such sized animal. Talk about cornering the market. … Now understand these weren’t the same as miniature pony saddles, which were commoner…

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