Julia Armfield’s ‘Our Wives Under the Sea’ Is a Brilliantly Submersive Tale
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R.P. Finch
R. P. Finch received his Ph.D. from Duke University (where he taught in the Philosophy department), and his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He practiced law in Atlanta, Georgia and currently lives with his wife in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the author of Skin in the Game (Livingston Press)
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Andrew Lipstein’s ‘Last Resort’ and the Hellish World of Publishing
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‘Klara and the Sun’ Explores What Makes Us Tick
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Is Carl Neville’s ‘Eminent Domain’ Worth the Effort?
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Fire in the Time of Coronavirus
If we venture out our front door we might inhale both a deadly virus and pinpoint flakes of ash. If we turn back in fear we may no longer have a door behind us.