{"title":"Maria Tumarkin","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"axiomatic-book-maria-tumarkin-9781945492297","title":"Axiomatic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTumarkin presents a remarkable tour de force . . . These essays will linger in readers' minds for years after.--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on nine years of research, \u003ci\u003eAxiomatic\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways we understand the traumas we inherit and the systems that sustain them. 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