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How the New T.J. English Reader Mines the Dark Soul of America

English's new collection of journalistic stories and essays, Blood in the Desert, captures an American reality of juxtaposition. The country's Hollywood-Disney World-Wall Street Bell-suburban-porch patina comes with a gory stain.

How the New T.J. English Reader Mines the Dark Soul of America

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English's new collection of journalistic stories and essays, Blood in the Desert, captures an American reality of juxtaposition.

The country's Hollywood-Disney World-Wall Street Bell-suburban-porch patina comes with a gory stain.

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English's new collection of journalistic stories and essays, Blood in the Desert, captures an American reality of juxtaposition. The country's Hollywood-Disney World-Wall Street Bell-suburban-porch patina comes with a gory stain.

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