Read on for more, and check out our column from last monthhere.
But there are just so many titles and sometimes an email slips through the crack of your inbox.
But this was worth the wait.
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The intensity with which this was written is right there on the page.
Smarshs attempts to unpack the nuances of race in this discussion are particularly appreciated.
as a means of separating poor white folks from poor people of color, and maintaining racial inequities.
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Whiteness, Smarsh writes, is imbued…with power in American society.
She juxtaposes the malaise of two couples.
Theres Michael and Melissa, living (surviving?)
(He could never seem to abbreviate this description, Evans observes with cutting humor.
Every word seemed essential.)
Instead she plots to the beat of despair.
(The title, for instance, is drawn from John Legends 2004 record.)
The mood sours when Melissa and Michael drive home late at night.
What is a good rave if not an opportunity for love in the early hours?
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(This is her first novel in a decade, and third overall.)
That there is no catharsis, per se, may makeOrdinary Peoplea tough sell.
(Im not sure, in this case, that the overworn title helps.)
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A fatal stabbing forever stains one couples lives, however remotely.
The death of Michael Jackson bookends an era of illusory hope.
And, well, the listeners know best.Youwas a fabulously good time.
He hacks into her email, he keeps watch on her friends, he follows her pretty much everywhere.
But I should warn you: Hes also charming as all get out.
Yes, Joe is also no ordinary stalker.
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