Review: The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch

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So I’ll keep going. And going. And I’ll learn and do better and sometimes I’ll hate myself for not giving up and I’ll rage at the shit around me but I remember what it’s like to look at the world with uncomplicated hope and I can’t stop until I get that back. What’s the alternative?

Chapter Nineteen, The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch
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Review: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Writing and rewriting is the attempt to communicate not just a truth but the ecstasy of truth. It is not enough for me to convince the reader of my argument; I want them to feel that same private joy that I feel alone.

Part III: Bearing The Flaming Cross page 39 of 60, The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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