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Long and short: Ducks, Newburyport and the art of the aphorism

September 27, 2019June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

In addition to being a sprawling and complex work of fiction, Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport offers a master class in the art of the aphorism.

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