Ep 348: Don't read widely (right now)
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The Red Parts, Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson
Maggie nelson had an aunt who was brutally murdered before she was born. She wrote a collection of poetry called jane a murder in response to growing up under the shadow of having a family member whom she never knew. As this collection of poems about her aunt was about to be published, she received a phone call notifying her that the case for her aunt's suspected killer was about to open. The red parts is her beautifully and quite bretally detailing what the experience of the trial was like. And there's something you o incredibly moving and i think quite relatable seeing somebody grapple with a difficult history that's had a huge impact on them yet they don't necessarily have a
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