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Newsletter #216

January 21, 2019

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of My Heart

My Heart

by Corinna Luyken

MADE-UP

I must say that yellow is not my favorite color (or even close). But seeing what magic Olympia-based artist Corinna Luyken can work with it makes me think again. As she did in her wonderful debut, The... (Tom)

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The Moviegoer

by Walker Percy

MADE-UP

It's been over 50 years since Percy's debut novel was the surprise winner of the National Book Award, and—gulp—it's been about 30 years since I first fell in love with its sprightly tale of despair, G... (Tom)

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Thick: And Other Essays

by Tressie McMillan Cottom

TRUE

Tressie McMillan Cottom is a very public intellectual. A sociologist by trade, she tweets with great volume and skill and has been placing essays across the internet since grad school—writing too much... (Tom)

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