“Over the years I’ve not written about the shootings. And never felt any special compunction to do so,” Filkins said. “And yet, when the Newtown shooting happened… because it was these children, I felt compelled to try to write something.”

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It occurs to me that we didn’t give Peter Filkins the credit he deserved as he put up with us/taught us Frosh Comp/Sem