At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life
by Fenton Johnson
TRUE
"Solitude" is a seductive word in our chaotic times, but Johnson doesn't just mean a quiet week in the woods to rejuvenate us for the rat race. His solitude is a lifelong vocation, a choice made by th... (Tom)
The Marrow of Tradition
by Charles W. Chesnutt
MADE-UP
Nearly every discussion of Chesnutt's 1901 novel, only recently acknowledged as one of the masterpieces of its time, focuses, understandably, on the real event it was inspired by: the white riot in Wi... (Tom)
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