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    YI SHUN LAI on R. Eric Thomas

    Oct 07, 2022 2 minutes

    from “There’s Never Any Trouble Here in Bubbleland”

    Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America (Ballantine Books, 2020)

    This excerpt begins a solid page into a 15-page essay. The opening anecdote, related to , has completely disarmed me, and I am ready to hear something contrary. (I am a dog person.) As a child,

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