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All of life in one day; all lives in one novel?

By Kate Blackwood / February 7, 2021

“Woolf was among the first writers to understand that there are no insignificant lives, only inadequate ways of looking at them.”

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Best read of the week: Winter swimmer

By Kate Blackwood / December 7, 2020

Cold, open water really does pull you out of your comfortable reality.

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Book review: Where the Crawdads Sing

By Kate Blackwood / November 15, 2020

I’d like to suggest a few alternate titles for this marvelous novel by Delia Owens.

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Book review: The Maytrees

By Kate Blackwood / August 15, 2020

This book is like a tent made of the very best material and ingenious design, packing a whole dwelling down into a piece of art I am going to take with me and set up and live in again.

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