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A brilliant and exhilarating sequence of aphorisms from one of our greatest essayistsThere will come a time when people decide you've had enough of your grief, and they'll try to take it away from you. Bad art is from no one to no one. Am I happy? Damned if I know, but give me a few minutes and I'll tell you whether you are. Thank heaven I don't have my friends' problems. But sometimes I notice an expression on one of their faces that I recognize as secret gratitude. I read sad stories to inoculate myself against grief. I watch action movies to identify with the quick-witted heroes. Both the same fantasy: I'll escape the worst of it. -- from 300 ArgumentsA "Proustian minimalist on the order of Lydia Davis" (Kirkus Reviews) , Sarah Manguso is one of the finest literary artists at work today.