Essays
by Sarah Manguso
Recommended by Celeste Ng and Frank Blake
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Nonfiction.
A brilliant and exhilarating sequence of aphorisms from one of our greatest essayistsThere will come a time when people decide youve had enough of your grief, and theyll try to take it away from you. Bad art is from no one to no one. Am I happy Damned if I know, but give me a few minutes and Ill tell you whether you are. Thank heaven I dont have m...
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