Charlottesville Words

In contrast with January, February was an excellent month for reading. Mostly. Here’s the play-by-play: The Commoner: A Novel, by John Burnham Schwartz: This story’s greatest fascination was, for me, also a weakness. Because The Commoner tracks actual events and persons in the Japanese Imperial Family so closely (at least until its surprising finish), a [...]

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