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Rakoff has not only redeemed rhyme and the use of archetypes, he has offered an eloquent brief for kindness and beauty. David benjamin rakoff november 27, 1964 august 9, 2012 was a canadianborn american writer based in new york city, who wrote humorous and sometimes autobiographical nonfiction essays. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A twotime recipient of the lambda literary award and winner of the thurber prize for american humor, he was a regular contributor to public radio internationals this american life. Download one of the free kindle apps to start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer. From the incomparable david rakoff, a poignant, beautiful, witty and wise novel in verse whose scope spans the 20th century. David rakoff died of cancer on august 9, 2012 at the age of 47.

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