Molly Labell
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Boston, Take It or Leave It
Poe is more of a Bostonian than he liked to think, not in spite of but because of his criticism of the place, because of his keen awareness of the oft-commented upon socio-economic differences that still plague Boston today. Surprisingly,…
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“I Loved Them So Much I Can’t Bear to Read Them Again”
You don’t have to read a book over and over again to love it. In fact, argues Molly Labell, sometimes it’s best to read it only once. Rereading Housekeeping — a relic from a sadder, stranger time during which I was…