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In Praise of Messy Lives
by Katie Roiphe
by Katie Roiphe
I went into this expecting personal essays and got a few of those, but largely literary and cultural criticism along with a smattering of profiles.
It's a self-selecting world that she presents, one of WASPs and single moms, so surface level and so confident in assuming knowledge on the part of the reader that it doesn't seem worth the effort. I was utterly disinterested.
Her criticism, though, is sharp, meticulously detailed and well-delivered. Worth a read for these alone.
It's a self-selecting world that she presents, one of WASPs and single moms, so surface level and so confident in assuming knowledge on the part of the reader that it doesn't seem worth the effort. I was utterly disinterested.
Her criticism, though, is sharp, meticulously detailed and well-delivered. Worth a read for these alone.
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