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with the garden-variety syndicated humorist
because of that. In her essay “The State of the
Funny Bone” from Reflections, she carefully
distinguishes wit from humor: wit is the
province of the “intelligent loner,” but “our
desperate [American] commitment to love
’n’ compassion makes us reject corrosive
rejoinders in favor of the bland, hail-fellow
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KING, LOPATE SHOW CONTRASTS IN APPROACH TO PERSONAL ESSAY
Reviewed by ALLEN SMALLING
Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye by
Florence King. 1989, St. Martin’s Press,
$15.95. 198 pp.
Against Joy de Vivre by Philip Lopate.
1989, Poseidon Press, $18.95. 336 pp.
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Vercher, Dennis. Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1990, newspaper, February 2, 1990; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth615709/m1/20/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.