Do you remember the short story "The Lottery"? I remember reading it in eighth grade, and the chills that went down my spine when I realized what was going down.The idea came to Shirley Jackson while pushing her child in a baby carriage.
Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.
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