“ As always, Nick Malakhow comes through with a powerful, muscular work that interrogates difficult subjects with an unrelenting eye. This tense, wise piece examines academic politics and the price of (and the power of) doing "right" when you are up against a machine so entrenched that success is a far-off hope. Particularly inspired is the setting in a private Quaker school, giving Malakhow the opportunity to probe at the edges of what Meeting for Worship offers to characters with trauma and stress bubbling just below the surface. As always, Malakhow is creating memorable, outstanding work here. ”