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The Chaotic Joys of a Family Reunion

By Robin Bates | Published: December 28, 2022

As our family gathers for a post-
Christmas reunion, I find some of the joyous chaos captured in a Rita Dove poem.

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The Greater Meaning of Family Gatherings

By Robin Bates | Published: July 21, 2009

  We have just finished up our Maine family reunion at the family cottage, and I’ve been trying to think of literature that deals with reunions.  A book that comes to mind is Wallace Stegner’s fine novel Passing to Safety, which opens and concludes with a reunion in a New England summer home.  Reflecting upon the […]

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