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I revisit A Wrinkle in Time, a certifiable children’s classic surprisingly preoccupied with Communism, and defend the book’s power of love ending while discussing the difference between ideas and inventions in what makes stories great.

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A Wrinkle in Time and the Power of Misfits

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