by Dan Chaon
Midway through the book, one of the characters imagines writing a letter: Once upon a time there was a woman who had two sons. The first son she gave away when she was a teenager, and she regretted it for the rest of her life. The second son she kept for her own, and she regretted that even more. No...
Lorrie Moore is certainly a skilled and witty author, and while I mostly enjoyed the punny prose I wasn't very enthralled with the novel itself. I can see how she is known for short stories, as the character vignettes are descriptive and humorous. The book seemed to be divided into three distinct pa...
My favorite constellation has always been The Seven Sisters, The Pleiades. When you look directly at the stars, they are difficult to make out and you can perhaps only see four of them clearly. Look just to the side of them and suddenly all seven of the stars shine with a newfound brightness. Look b...
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