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Limning the Condition of Loneliness

…into larger arcs, among them the technology of laugh tracks and personal websites. There’s a sobering set piece on a narcissistic University of Wisconsin professor and a beautiful riff on…

The Order of Masculinity

…hometown renders his father an angry, unemployed shell of a man, but Broome revisits his paternal relationship with enlightened eyes. Oftentimes, he seems to conclude, Black parents’ love for their…

A Right Guy

…a newsman’s final testimony, conveys the novel’s dual interest in looking back and in breaking news. The final printing of the Cunningham Examiner contains shocking revelations, indeed — scoops that…

Always Graceful

…turned toward the world beyond.” Prine’s first album (and his last album, too) would make a fine soundtrack while you read these stately, at times angry, and always graceful essays….

The Granddaughters of Witches You Weren’t Able to Burn

…traditional mystery. Natasha is desperate to find out who is responsible for the loss of her sister, and Della must conceal the truth at all costs to protect her mother….

Fresh Soil in Old Territory

…Rash also includes lyrical interstitial passages that list the progression of wildlife loss that logging will bring to this valley — environmental destruction that parallels the human suffering that Serena…

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