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Lit
by Mary Karr
June 16, 2017 - June 17, 2017 (read/memoirs/david-foster-wallace)

Karr, M. (2009). Lit. Harper.


Harper, 2009. 400 pages. Hardcover. 9780060596989

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p.370
listed »
(verb) to tilt to one side
p.287
lapidary »
relating to stone and gems and the work involved …
p.276
lucent »
(adjective) glowing with light; luminous / (adjec…
p.260
canted »
in a slanting or oblique position
p.136
culvert »
(noun) a transverse drain
p.372
I don't know why I'm still here
And she says, I don't know why I'm still here.
p.362
it's not that linear
Remember back when I was in school, I finally say…
p.341
the most savage scars didn't come from pain
For all the schisms in my upbringing, the most sa…
p.318
David of halfway-house fame
Which is my battle cry by the time David of halfw…
p.304
like someody snatched out of the fire
Therapy rescued me in my twenties by taking me in…

1

Prologue: Open Letter to My Son

she's such a good writer omg

1 / 2
1

Prologue: Open Letter to My Son

she's such a good writer omg

1 / 2
13

Escape from the Tropic of Squalor

leaving TX for CA as a teenager, college & beginning to write, applying for grad school

4 / 5
13

Escape from the Tropic of Squalor

leaving TX for CA as a teenager, college & beginning to write, applying for grad school

4 / 5
71

Flashdance

her marriage etc

2 / 8
71

Flashdance

her marriage etc

2 / 8
163

Self Help

the marriage starts to unravel; she turns to alcohol and comes close to committing suicide

1 / 13
163

Self Help

the marriage starts to unravel; she turns to alcohol and comes close to committing suicide

1 / 13
267

Being Who You Are Is Not a Disorder

hospitalization, divorce, trying to date again

3 / 5
267

Being Who You Are Is Not a Disorder

hospitalization, divorce, trying to date again

3 / 5