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The unbearable weight of knowing

Catherine Lacey's Biography of X. Also: Wuthering Heights, Margaret Atwood, & the cold, clear light of February

Feb 21 • Elizabeth Marro

What is a friend?

And why I will not see the movie version of Sigrid Nunez' beautiful novel

Jul 12, 2025 • Elizabeth Marro

A human's journey courtesy of a dog

Rona Maynard's memoir got me thinking: why dogs, and when?

Aug 31, 2024 • Elizabeth Marro

Strangers in a strange land

Summer of 1974: a Pinto, my brother, a lot of rain, and the book that saved us

Jul 6, 2024 • Elizabeth Marro

The questions we never ask

and it's our loss

Mar 30, 2024 • Elizabeth Marro

The circle is not broken

But it has changed

Feb 24, 2024 • Elizabeth Marro

The secret lives of things

A look at Ruth Ozeki's Book of Form and Emptiness and a...sofa?

Feb 10, 2024 • Elizabeth Marro

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