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secrets

I think books should have secrets, like people do. I think they should be there as a bonus for the sensitive reader or there as a kind of subliminal quavering.  ~John Updike from a Paris Review Interview you can read … Continue reading

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happy birthday mama toni!

At 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday the 18th of February, 1931, I will take off from Mercy and fly away on my own wings. Please forgive me. I loved you all. (signed) Robert Smith, Ins. agent from The Song of Solomon … Continue reading

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