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… “as much as possible”—quotations which make the always compelling text quite lengthy. Of necessity, these memoirs … during the early chapters of Scottie. Though Intimate Lies also taps Sheilah Graham’s various autobiographies, Mr. … He “was not enthusiastic” at first, but, then, after she died in 1988, he realized his mother “was the best story I …

… I rouged my face swearing on my reflection to never die my children watching alert to grief’s common odor rising from laundry frothing in the hall from …

… editorial writer in the South” (1922) and “one of the most competent newspaper men in America” (1932). Virginius Dabney … and conscience of our time” (1960). Outliving Mencken (died 1956) by 24 years, Johnson came to be regarded not only … Journal of Social Forces (1923) led to the invitation in 1926 to join Mencken and the staff of the Baltimore Evening …

… all the things we’re doing wrong. But these images aren’t a commentary on global warming. I didn’t think about global … pools of blue that appeared in the whiteness. There was also a stream, this tiny blue ribbon. So we followed it. … on top, along with the black silt. It has texture, little points. It’s not slippery. You could run on it.  You could …

… 40th birthday, the taking stock, the confusion of self that comes from a life now lived in equal parts there and away … I came either.” The Convent School across the street has also changed. The high, wrought iron fence has disappeared, … in her. “Your father was manager of that store.” My mother points to a dilapidated, abandoned building. “It was a co-op …