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Maverick's cousin has been shot, and he feels like he should get revenge.

Maverick has found out that he has a son. The mother has postpartum depression and so he has to be more involved than he thinks he's ready for.

Del is a serious jerk, and he's clueless too. I hope they get the class un-cancelled.

WHY YOU ALWAYS LYIN????? ugh this character.

I find this interesting not only because it's in dialogue, and therefore a perfectly reasonable choice even if not 'standard,' but also because on page 10, in dialogue, is the sentence: "Lot's of it." Now, that's not a complete sentence, but again, IMO it doesn't matter in dialogue.

The apostrophe, however, is an error that has nothing to do with dialogue. And the previous reader-editor did not mark it. (2/2)

It's an interesting start, but what I'm MOST intrigued by is the light correction in pencil on page 11. The first-person protagonist asks, "Do either of you recognize her?" and a previous reader has marked a line through 'Do' and written 'Does' below it. (1/2)

p 9: "It was clear to me that I was unable to mention color in the classroom.... In other words, we showed respect by completely ignoring black people as black people. Color blindness was the essence of the creed."

Published in NINETEEN SEVENTY-NINE.