![]() ![]() Her best short, personal essays (anywhere from about two to 12 pages) focus on her ambivalent relationship to American history and citizenship: no one in recent memory has been as insightful on the direct pleasures and perils of voting, the misuse of Rosa Parks as a metaphor, the appeal of Canadians (who "ha this weird knack for loving their country in public without resorting to swagger or hate") and the relative merits of presidential libraries. ![]() We use humor to manage anxiety." If Kate's right, then Vowell is managing her anxiety very well. Looking for insight into why she prefers Little Bighorn and Gettysburg to Martha's Vineyard, Vowell (author of the witty Take the Cannoli) calls her friend Kate, who works as a counselor for survivors of torture, who says, "That's how we try to make sense of the worst horrors. ![]()
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