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The Uncommon Reader

Chris Dougherty
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Helping readers explore literature curiously and intentionally through a critical lens.

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A Discussion with Mark Haber (Author of Ada)

Mark Haber is the author of the novels Reinhardt’s Garden (longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award), Saint Sebastian’s Abyss, and his 2024 release, Lesser Ruins. Known for his “breathless,” winding sentences and a unique blend of highbrow ab...

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A Discussion with Mark Haber (Author of Ada)

Mark Haber is the author of the novels Reinhardt’s Garden (longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award), Saint Sebastian’s Abyss, and his 2024 release, Lesser Ruins. Known for his "breathless," winding sentences and a unique blend of highbrow ab...

3 days ago
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The cease of existence in the every day tongue

Losing someone is hard.

Losing the person who gave you life is one of the most incomprehensible things anyone can ever imagine.

My mother died on March 1st of this year.

She had been sick for a while- years, actually- and I knew in...

21 days ago
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Announcing Our October Group Read

The votes are in, and the community has spoken! We’ll be reading A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Emma Southon for our October group read.

As always, we'll discuss group reads in our community Discord. If you’re not curren...

a month ago
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Why Cathy Ames Is Not the One-Dimensional Villain East of Eden Wants You Think She Is

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East of Eden is about to explode back into the culture, and Clare makes the case that the chara...

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