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Posted on October 19, 2021 by Abigail

Book Matters People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present By Dara Horn The only other book by Dara Horn that I’ve read is Eternal Life, which is a kind of romantic fiction with a difference. In that book, … Continue reading →

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The Eternal Feminine

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Abigail

The Eternal Feminine Many years ago – it was our last evening in Paris – the first boy I loved told me that I had become, for him, “the eternal feminine.” Later I learned that his reference to Goethe’s … Continue reading →

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