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Doris Grumbach

Doris Grumbach is the author of seven novels, six books of memoir, and a biography of Mary McCarthy. This essay is part of a larger memoir, Downhill Almost All the Way.

A Whole Day Nearer Now

A Whole Day Nearer Now

But all life’s passion not quite spent

by Doris Grumbach | Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Remains of My Days

The Remains of My Days

Fond and fading memories of a robust literary life

by Doris Grumbach | Monday, February 29, 2016
The View from 90

The View from 90

Even when those in my generation have reached a state of serenity, wisdom, and relative comfort, what we face can hardly be called the golden years

by Doris Grumbach | Wednesday, March 02, 2011

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2nd Look

Figures in the Frame

by Walter Nicklin

One thing we’ve learned from the past year and a half is that slowing down and staying in one place for a while isn’t always so bad. This is what Walter Nicklin learned while spending his quarantine in coastal Maine, where he goes each summer. “Coronavirus reframes everything, and I’m now thinking the previously unthinkable: that other people’s presence actually enhances the view,” he wrote. “They and I are now sharing not only the same prospect but also a common enemy.”

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