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Below is writerGeorge Saunderss list.
His novelLincoln in the Bardowas recently released by Random House.
It is a valuable tool in the battle to wring all vestiges of racism out of oneself.
And the result would be truer.
The Distance Home, by Paula Saunders
Okay, yes, this novel is by my wife.
If I ever need my ear tuned, this is where I go.
I wish he was still with us and writing about this moment theres no one I would trust more.
This book shows us a much worse time and its tragic effects on a group of tender friends/lovers/artists.
Mandelstam helps us see this, in beautiful, human-scaled, and terrifying detail.
