Essays Love, Concisely: Revisiting Mary Robison’s ‘Subtraction’ Joseph Holt - 6.21.2016 | 1 25 years after its release, 'Subtraction' stands out as a high-wire act of the novel form — taut in expression yet rich with humanity, expertly crafted and unfairly neglected. Joseph Holt - 6.21.2016 | 1