There is a gorgeous moment in Judith Barrington’s new book where she helps Adrienne Rich into a hot tub. It’s a vulnerable moment between two women, just one of many in Barrington’s collection of linked essays. Each written to stand alone, together the fourteen short memoirs offer an exhilarating ride

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The artist at her exhibition Tracey Emin “My Bed’”/JMW Turner at Turner Contemporary, 2017 2018. Photo by Stephen White; courtesy Turner Contemporary. My in-laws live in the north of England. Their modest semi-detached home is decorated tastefully with trinkets from their world travels, family photos, and a few replicas of

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