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The functionally ambiguously titled Backslider rides the slide both directions, no perjury. The aesthetics of public prayer get attention (214, 216). “‘Baptis’’? Huh, ‘Bogus,’ you mean,” Lil says. Pun with an edge.
— Feb 21, 2023 04:10PM
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Oddly, in City of Refuge, the degree of white blood in a black person can take on personal significance, which matters more to a character-v-self plot than to a character-v-society plot.
— Apr 28, 2023 09:52AM
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Identity politics in City of Refuge occasionally focuses on race, but not in the white-v.-black conflicts dominate in many popular stories. Fisher is interested in how region or profession divides the black community.
— Apr 28, 2023 09:47AM
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“How came the fad?” From notoriety to celebration, the song after the first hit, or the first hit after the first cult classic?
— Apr 03, 2023 11:53AM
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“Give us more of your confidence and we will give you more of the truth.”
— Mar 24, 2023 10:58AM
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A Perfect Understanding in an omniscient ghost or guilty conscience?
— Mar 20, 2023 11:34AM
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The fortuitous coincidence of Jinx finding Bubber by accident leaves no room for more astonishment.
— Mar 20, 2023 11:21AM
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Revolver on the bureau on first page of “Across the Airshaft.
— Mar 15, 2023 05:28PM
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“Skeeter” feels long after its title character’s invention of stomach cramps.
— Mar 15, 2023 05:25PM