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S3E3 | Without Malice, Without Triumph (with Edward P Jones, Hilton Als, Amber Gray)

The Paris Review

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Marie Wise and the Chain On

Edward P. Jones' book, "Marie," is about a woman who slapped another receptionist. After the incident, Marie locked herself in her apartment and refused to answer the phone or door. She was haunted by what it was like to invade and actually touch the flesh of another person. But one day she woke up with words she had not used since her children were small.

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