SOURCE: “Same Train be Back Tomorrer: AnnPetry's The Narrows and The Repetition of History,” in MELUS, Vol. 24, Spring, 1999, pp. 141–159.
In the following essay, Barry notes that Petry has a cyclical view of history but at the same time a sense of optimism even in the face of racism, classism, and sexism.
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