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February 17, 2011February 17, 2011 - Uncategorized

Guest Post: Paula Bomer: On Tolstoy’s “The Devil,” David Foster Wallace’s Suicide, Give Sorrow Words: Maryse Holder’s Letters from Mexico, and Self-Control

The epigraph to “The Devil” quotes Matthew v. 28-30 regarding lusting after a woman (who is not your wife): “And…

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