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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶 & 𝗟𝘂𝗶𝗴𝗶 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮 -

3-Word Review:

- Fateful
- Suffering
- Haunting

Frictional Posture:

- Which social critique in the opera is most impotent/time-worn?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗿" 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗭𝗶𝗻𝗻 -

3-Word Review:

- Philosophical
- Political
- Personal

Frictional Posture:

- Which of Zinn's calls resonate to provoke changes of behavior?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵" 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲-𝗚𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁 (𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗺) -

3-Word Review:

- Experiential
- Demonstrative
- Memoir

Frictional Posture:

- What does the graphic novel format accomplish that words absolutely could not?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗼𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 -

3-Word Review:

- Dreamlike
- Untranslatable
- Curiosities

Frictional Posture:

- Find 2+ translations: Where might all fail to capture Gautier's aesthetic?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗠𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻" 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗸𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗶 -

3-Word Review:

- Quiet
- Self-Deluded
- Poignant

Frictional Posture:

- Across the stories, to what degree are Murakami's narrators blame-worthy for their alienation?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗼 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿" 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 -

3-Word Review:

- Culpable
- Generational
- Hemovorous

Frictional Posture:

- Yes, horror, but what agreement might all three narrators have about accountability?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗹-𝗔𝗸𝗸𝗮𝗱 -

3-Word Review:

- Personal
- Incisive
- Outraged

Frictional Posture:

- Reflect on how Akkad's claims resonate in your own experience. What accounts for this?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 -

3-Word Review:

- Grim
- Diversionary
- Elusive

Frictional Posture:

- Consider how the opera re-orders your reader ethics/moral judgments. Why?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲" 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 -

3-Word Review:

Hook-driven
Romance-tropes
Predictable

Frictional Posture:

Which arbitrary details compel the novel's romantic and thriller plotting?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺" 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗘. 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗱 -

Three-Word Review:

- Pedestrian
- Utilitarian
- Circumscribed

Frictional Posture:

What human questions does such a study fail to ask?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿-𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 ("𝗤") -

𝟯-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Humorous
Upright
Engaging

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

Do Q's dated presumptions invalidate all of his claims?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗼" 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝘀𝗮𝗺𝘂 𝗧𝗲𝘇𝘂𝗸𝗼 -

𝟯-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Stark
Myth-Laden
Allegorical

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

Across this work, which evil seems uncompromisingly primary?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗨𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗞. 𝗟𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗻 -

𝟯-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Mytho-poetic
Knotty
Humanist

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

Do communities in any way grow richer from conflict? What path to utopia?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗠𝗮𝗼 𝗜𝗜" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼 -

𝟯-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

- Brooding
- Dread-full
- Prescient

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

How does each scene, however uneventful, mirror the novel's other narrative ideas?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿" 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘇 -

𝟯-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Dreambent
Fleshy
High-Quested

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

What stories still lurk in the margins of this framed story?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳" 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 -

𝟯-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Hyper-visceral
Untrustworthy (!
Reader-Challenging

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

What cultural mores/ethic govern these characters? Is it the same for all?

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𝟯-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗔 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗻 -

Prosaic
Thoughtful
Endeavoring

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

𝘗𝘳𝘦-𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 5 of your favorite titles from the past 20 years, how well do they fall into Richardson's categories as you read them?

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲" 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀 -

3-Word Review:
Gulf-crossing, Re-sensitizing, Broadening

Frictional Posture: Thinking of mind, body, and culture, where is language located?

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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 -

Clarke's original Caribbean hybrid of history and myth is an act of art and decolonialization, of imagination and resistance to the mainstream, though not wholly penetrable to audiences beyond the island culture.

https://waywordsstudio.com/general/reviews/hardears-by-matthew-clarke/

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 -

Clarke's original Caribbean hybrid of history and myth is an act of art and decolonialization, of imagination and resistance to the mainstream, though not wholly penetrable to audiences beyond the island culture.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁” 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 -

Butcher's popular Dresden Files series beginning with "Storm Front" is a brief, amusing hybrid of over-the-top noir suspense, a page-turner if nothing else.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲” 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀 -

Antrobus takes on our language and poetry expectations, uncovering our limits on meaning, not just from his perspective of a Jamaican or Deaf person, but from one who has experienced gulfs of indifference.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗭𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗸 -

Delightful children's tales in an old folk tradition are still enough for adults to wax nostalgic, too.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗦𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆” 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 -

Bellow's brief and incisive novel of a single day at the end of a series of "carpe diem" failures offers an ambiguous and elusive escape from tragedy; worth every moment of reflection on it.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗳 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗸 -

Shafak's mystical novel of nature consciousness and broad romance centers around a single struggling fig cutting in a London apartment . . . or around what we understand of it.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗕𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱” 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗸𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗶 -

The new translation is an exciting and illuminating refresh of the former work.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻” 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗴 -

A surreal/but-real tale of a woman who dares to make her own choices and of the struggles of family (most male) who cannot contend with it.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆” 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗸𝗼 -

Silko's beautiful and poetic work is an immersion into a consciousness broken, perspective flawed and then healed, about storytelling and ritual, a notion of a calling from the earth itself.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆” 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹 𝗘𝗶𝘀𝗻𝗲𝗿 -

Eisner's historical moment in creating the first adult "graphic novel" is not merely pioneering but ambitious and nearly fully realized.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗵𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀” 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶 -

Cute and speaking to family-level nostalgia perhaps, more than its artful writing, "Amahl" falls short of its defenders' claim as one of the best librettos. "Licorice!"

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