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...this Advocate anthology. A story by Howard Nemerov, some of the poems by Conrad Aiken and others, and the introduction by editor Hall are worth reading. But for the most part there seems to have been little reason for collecting the effluvia of adolescence even if it did forerun greatness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

...simplicities of their living and their small adventures are described in great detail; they have a baby; they are very happy indeed. Warm readers will find the tale disarming; cool readers may wonder whether love so nearly cloudless is interesting enough to write or read about. It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Recent & Readable: Jan. 29, 1940 | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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