The Ordinary
Volume 40, Number 5
July-August 2019
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Richard Deming’s Introduction to Focus: The Ordinary
Thomas L. Dumm’s “A Note on the Loss of the Ordinary”
Stephen Bann’s “The Transfiguration of the Ordinary: From Bus Ticket to Cathedral”
Alan Gilbert reviews Brenda Hillman’s Extra Hidden Life, among the Days
Gerald L. Bruns reviews Matthew Herbert’s The Music: A Novel through Sound
William Day reviews Ted Cohen, Daniel Herwitz, ed., Serious Larks: The Philosophy of Ted Cohen
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