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Hello, Lit Hubbers. It’s been a while. But the spring sun has put this staffer in a joy-lifting mood once again.

What’s been making us happy recently? Earlier this month, Molly Odintz enjoyed the

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Here are my terrors: First, monsters. Mostly the deep ocean variety, unfathomable, unseeable, likely lurking beneath me as I swim ...

It is an interesting challenge to write about someone who has been overlooked, who is overshadowed by more vibrant characters. If they are at first glance unexceptional, is that to say dull or uninteresting? Such overshadowing might be recognized as a pattern of light and shade, largely a matter of perspective—perspective that is relative and may shift over time. Despite bein...

Maggie O’Farrell’s Land, Thomas W. Laqueur’s The Dog’s Gaze, and Ann Patchett’s Whistler all feature among the best reviewed books of the week.

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