Discussing "Peonies" and "The American Exception" in Intimations by Zadie Smith.
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Notes:
1. Oxford Dictionary, s.v. “Intimation,” https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/intimation.
2. Britannica, s.v. “Stoicism,” https://www.britannica.com/topic/Stoicism.
3. Oxford Dictionary, s.v. “Stoic,” https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/stoic.
4. Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, “Zadie Smith,” August 7, 2020, in Call Your Girlfriend, podcast, 48:48, https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/episodes/2020/08/zadie-smith-intimations-interview.
5. Stephen M. Walt, “The Myth of American Exceptionalism,” October 11, 2011, https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/10/11/the-myth-of-american-exceptionalism/.
6. “The COVID Racial Data Tracker,” The COVID Tracking Project, accessed June 5, 2021, https://covidtracking.com/race.
7. “Why Do COVID-19 Death Rates Differ Wildly from Place to Place?” Kellogg Insight, February 1, 2021, https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/covid-19-death-rates-income-inequality.
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