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Obscenity and Obscurity
Remarking the tediousness of two kinds of prigs, the futility of ivory-tower scribes and the genius of Eudora Welty
July
1
1945
SINCLAIR LEWIS
Obscenity and Obscurity
SINCLAIR LEWIS
July
1
1945
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Obscenity and Obscurity
Remarking the tediousness of two kinds of prigs, the futility of ivory-tower scribes and the genius of Eudora Welty
July
1
1945
SINCLAIR LEWIS
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