I've been reading Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat. It started out very delicate and subtle, but is starting to become a little heavy-handed. I enjoyed the stories in Krik? Krak! more. At her best she is a very evocative and poetic writer.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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