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For it is the impact of Harlan’s serious work that makes it stick in the mind, despite the leavenings ofhumor which provide relief from the tensions of even his most demanding stories. who tears apart the old story, speaks the unspeakable, makes the ground shake, then shuffles the bits back together into a new story. But that had not lessened his agony. And I'm learning that you have to make time for what's important.

He looked at Jason. THE ESSENTIAL ELLISON 157 I didn’t have too much time to think about it, though, for Strangways came trotting back in. He used his hands to draw my lower body away from his, my arms still locked around his shoulders, one hand sliding through the baby silkiness of his hair.