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Poet Mary Karr recounts her tumultuous adolescence in Texas, including her sexual awakening, her problems with authority, and her adventures with

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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Alice Anderson assesses the damage to her Mississippi home while dealing with her husband's declining mental he

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