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I am severely underwhelmed by this book. “Sound translations” of the Gettysburg address? A collection of drawings of rear ends? I can’t tell if this book is the result of a bunch of teenagers trying and failing to appear smart or trying to appeal to their less erudite peers.

“A father’s job was to control the pace of the world’s wounding; to dole out the pain in slightly bigger doses each time so his kids wouldn’t break under the pressure”

liking the nonfiction better. barbearians and avital are my favs so far

“The Holy Spirit was mine, I decided early on, because I could relate to its impermanent form: a swooping dove, a jumping tongue of fire, a wind shaping the sand dunes in the desert. Unlike Dad, who thought we had to rise to be equal, I believed Christians should come down to earth and join the rest of us in our humble humanity.”

This is weirdly very good.