The Fraught Business of Identity: Nicole Chung’s All You Can Ever Know
All You Can Ever Know insists that the stories we use to understand ourselves should be allowed as much complexity as the truth dictates.
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Join NOW!All You Can Ever Know insists that the stories we use to understand ourselves should be allowed as much complexity as the truth dictates.
...more[S]quint at the story one way and you see a woman’s life hollowed out by the very privilege that allows her to coast; look at it from another angle and you see a regular person living a multi-faceted, flawed life.
...moreThere’s a lot left unsaid between the women of Red Clocks; not even they know the extent to which they’re all connected.
...moreWriting, art, and creation are elevated and pure, the book seems to say, spiritual acts separated from the dross of everyday life.
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