Exquisite

Sandra Tsing Loh's article "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" in The Atlantic several months ago, which is part divorce memoir, part marriage book review, and part cultural critique, is like the most exquisite scene in a beautiful horror movie: finely wrought, terrifying, and without a piece straw out of place. It sparked quite a reaction, mostly, it seems, a backlash against Loh. If my dissertation wants to be this blog's meta-narrative, then this piece is one of the stories lurking in the shadows.