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Poetry Review: Christian Wiman’s “Zero at the Bone” — A Bulwark Against Despair

December 5, 2023

Posted in Books, Featured, Review

Christian Wiman’s new book takes readers on an exhilarating, confounding, comforting, and surprisingly fresh intellectual journey.

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Allen Michie on Book Review: “The Jazzmen” — Three Private and Public Lives, IntertwinedMay 12, 2024
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