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Ethan Canin, A Doubter’s Almanac

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Ellen Akins

A Doubter’s Almanac by Ethan Canin (who’s very good, and, as Elaine May, doing her nagging mother routine, would say, that man is a DOCTOR), which I reviewed for the Minneapolis Star Tribune prompted a few further thoughts about what privileged knowledge means … Continue reading →

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“We are risen apes, not fallen angels”: On being human, humane, & at home in the world.

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Ellen Akins

Here’s a review of another odd & lovely, allegory-inflected novel from (whose Beatrice & Virgil I also reviewed for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “The High Mountains of Portugal” is Ron Charles’s pick of the month at the Washington Post.

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