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The Shape of Sound

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Nina Schuyler
May 13, 2023
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It was a fine cry—loud and long—but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.

Sula, by Toni Morrison

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circles and circles of sorrow

This fine cry feels like it will go on fo…

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