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July 17, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“I think America, really, is over.”

  Happy birthday, James Purdy! Here are some quotes from the writer. “Some people confess in the flesh, others on…

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Five Poems, by Micah Zevin

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