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    Father Andrews

    A poem by Thomas Lynch, published in <em>The Atlantic</em> in 2008
    by Thomas Lynch Apr 24, 2022 1 minute
    Source: Miki Lowe

    Illustrations by Miki Lowe

    Thomas Lynch has written six poetry collections, five books of essays, and one volume of short stories; in 1997, he was a finalist for the National Book Award. Writing isn’t even Lynch’s, Lynch explained: “When a death occurs, people are looking for a language to describe what happened. We are trying to address through language things that are unspeakable, things we don’t have a ready vocabulary for.”

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