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Alice Hoffman on Reading and Writing about St. Teresa of Ávila

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By Alice Hoffman
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I went to the Divinity School because I have no faith. I didn’t lose it. I never had it. I don’t believe in politics or in religion, in God or angels. I don’t believe in families or in friendship. I don’t believe in unconditional love. I don’t believe in love at all. That is, as a person. As a writer, however, I believe in everything. I am a divided self, and if my disassociation began in trauma, it has been lived out in reading and writing, most especially in writing.
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The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love

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By Alice Hoffman
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We read books about dogs for the same reason that we have dogs in our lives. We just can't get enough of them (at least I can't). In this memorable collection, those of us with dogs just might think that our beloved pets belong in there as well, because the best dog in the world is usually our own. The essays are expertly edited by Alice Hoffman, who in the introduction shares her touching story about her dog, Houdini.
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The Best Dog in the World

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By Alice Hoffman
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When the acceptance letter came from Stanford, I knew it was a chance that wouldn’t come again. I got on a plane and found a different future, one I could never have imagined during an unhappy childhood spent mostly alone. When I was growing up, my parents had pulled disappearing acts, my brother was out on his own. Article continues after advertisement By the time he was a teenager, and I had long ago realized that the member of my family I was closest to was my dog.
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