I Confess (Sort of)
A confession is, by definition, a declaration of guilt.
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A confession is, by definition, a declaration of guilt.
In a kinetic and searching memoir, Ace of Spades, David Matthews confronts the identity questions that bedeviled him growing up biracial.
Claire Messud's The Emperor's Children is a superb comedy of
manners, a richly tragicomic view of three thirtysomething Ivy Leaguers in the days leading up to 9/11.
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