frays

• “Who are these sublime artists in poetry that are pinnacled so high above the "frays" and "brawls" of vulgar humanity?”

  Lectures and Essays

• “soul be in arms," there are (Heaven knows) "frays" in this city numerous enough for any ambitious surgical eagerness.”

  The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II

• “And over the last six weeks, Paxton has tried to help her - shepherding to her to different shelters to find a open bed, giving her food and calmly taking her calls when her perilous situation frays her emotions past the breaking point.”

  The Washington Post: Homeless ex-mortgage broker Susan Schneider shows housing bust hit agents hard

• “It changes things enough, bends and frays the connections to the facts enough, that you feel emboldened to invent, distort, etc.”

  Sam Lipsyte - An interview with author

• “This open defiance frays the warp and woof of authority and raises the question: who's in charge?”

  The Huffington Post: Patricia Martin: Are Americans Still Eager to Learn?

• ““Fever Night” (which is burdened with the unnecessary second title “Band of Satanic Outsiders”) has a great “Blair Witch” - style vibe going for it during its initial half, when the mysterious dark forest and its cacophony of unfamiliar provides an endless spook show that frays the calm of the two young men.”

  Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat

• “But much of the book is taken up with examining how memory frays.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Best Fiction of 2011

• “As this frays, the Court's power will fray as well.”

  The Huffington Post: Dylan Ratigan: Bought Justice and the Supreme Court

• “And over the past six weeks, Paxton has tried to help her - shepherding her to different shelters to find an open bed, giving her food and calmly taking her calls when her perilous situation frays her emotions past the breaking point.”

  The Washington Post: Homeless ex-mortgage broker Susan Schneider shows housing bust hit agents hard

• “There is “gourmet” for the French Laundry set and “gourmand” for those of us who are not above frays to the local taco truck.”

  Foodies

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