One Sentence

John Updike, "My Father's Tears"

centaurs & fish

Mar 2 • Ben Dolnick

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3

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February 2026

Per Wahlöö and Maj Sjöwall, The Fire Engine that Disappeared

sad sandwiches & swedish fish

Feb 19 • Ben Dolnick

14

2

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Alice Munro, "Dance of the Happy Shades"

secret shames & second passports

Feb 3 • Ben Dolnick

14

6

January 2026

Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart

sepia oilcans & trivial miseries

Jan 20 • Ben Dolnick

12

4

Joe McGinniss, Fatal Vision

vacation-eclipsing books & hurried cigarette breaks

Jan 7 • Ben Dolnick

10

3

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December 2025

What to read on that plane/train/automobile

step away from Hudson News

Dec 17, 2025 • Ben Dolnick

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5

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Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

light-switches & deviled eggs

Dec 15, 2025 • Ben Dolnick

12

3

Nicholson Baker, U & I

aquarium tanks & Mrs. Trunchbull

Dec 2, 2025 • Ben Dolnick

16

1

2

November 2025

Jane Smiley, The Age of Grief

glitter slime & rock walls

Nov 10, 2025 • Ben Dolnick

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9

October 2025

Arnold Bennett, The Old Wives' Tale

half-hearted cha-cha's & inarticulate hands

Oct 22, 2025 • Ben Dolnick

12

4

1

Elizabeth Taylor, "Flesh"

expired pills & cartoon laser beams

Oct 9, 2025 • Ben Dolnick

14

7

September 2025

Joan Acocella, Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints

bedsheet tarps & bedside slippers

Sep 23, 2025 • Ben Dolnick

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