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- Sep 24, 2026
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How this year’s One Read title shows us the way home (opens the original)
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âRemarkably Bright Creaturesâ by Shelby Van Pelt lands its happy ending by only a fine margin. Until the end I feared that Tova would retreat and Cameron would bail. I imagined 100 other outcomes where neither of our dear wanderers takes the risk to be happy, to find their way home. I wouldnât blame Tova for staying on her stoic path. Even among old friends she feels like a stray puzzle piece. Other realms call to her; memories arrive in more detail than the present moment as she weathers
How this year's One Read title illuminates ordinary places (opens the original)
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âRemarkably Bright Creaturesâ is a bit of a fairytale, with its omniscient narrator, fated meetings and happy ending. Yet the surreal sheen of Shelby Van Peltâs novel is brightest in the ordinary places of small-town Sowell Bay: the grocery store, the marina and the aquarium. After a frenzied journey into town, Cameron Cassmore makes a pit stop at the local grocery store. Within minutes of stumbling into Shop-Way he finds a hot meal, a job lead and a new friend in Ethan, the jolly man behi
How this year’s One Read title journeys out of darkness (opens the original)
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Recent One Read protagonists have taken us on epic journeys, from Frannyâs sea voyage tracking the last arctic terns in âMigrationsâ to Charles Osgoodâs search for paradise in the Massachusetts wilderness in âNorth Woods.â But the humans of Sowell Bay have no great horizons to conquer; instead âRemarkably Bright Creaturesâ is a gradual journey from darkness to light, delusion to truth. âDarkness suits me,â notes Marcellus the octopus from the crevices of his aquarium tank, th
One Read reveals the wonders of consciousness and curiosity (opens the original)
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One of the first things the octopus in âRemarkably Bright Creaturesâ tells us is his name. Itâs not a name heâs too fond of, but he yields to the human preference for labels. âMarcellusâ the âgiant Pacific octopus,â he clarifies, accepting that we may call him any number of inaccurate or unflattering things. âYou are only humans, after all,â he says. The Missourianâs Opinion section is a public forum for the discussion of ideas. The views presented in this piece are those o
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