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What would you risk to know yourself? Which stories are you willing to follow to the bitter end, revise, or, possibly, begin all over? In this collection of five interrelated essays, Lucy Ives explores identity, national fantasy, and history. She examines events and records from her own life - a…


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Dense, smart, commanding, at times difficult: Ives has a way of looking at life that is wholly unique.

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