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John Updike, "My Father's Tears"
centaurs & fish
Mar 2
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Alice Munro, "Dance of the Happy Shades"
secret shames & second passports
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Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart
sepia oilcans & trivial miseries
Jan 20
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Joe McGinniss, Fatal Vision
vacation-eclipsing books & hurried cigarette breaks
Jan 7
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Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger
light-switches & deviled eggs
Dec 15, 2025
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Nicholson Baker, U & I
aquarium tanks & Mrs. Trunchbull
Dec 2, 2025
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