How do we define the public? What activities should be allowed in public spaces? Who counts as the local community?

If Mann’s intent in writing Attachments could be distilled into one phrase, fatherhood as multitude may fit.

They discuss the messiness and double standards that come from talking about gender, sexuality, and eroticism, especially in academic settings.

Measured sentences draw the reader into the emotional dome she inhabits. The book’s even tone avoids associative leaps and instead mirrors the quotidian effort to keep going, day after day.