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  AUDIO ARCHIVE

  Francesca Lia Block talks to Clarissa Romano about Weetzie Bat Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti talk toTom Lutz about Chairs Are Where the People Go...

  Jun 20, 2011
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  Letter to the Editors

  It is difficult for an author to respond to a review without sounding churlish.

  Jun 18, 2011
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  The Pervert’s Point of View

  WE DRIVE BY A CAR ACCIDENT and crane our necks. We want to see the worst: the mutilated passenger, the driver crumpled against the wheel. If a...

  Jun 17, 2011

  • Memoir

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  Keeping The Eye Moving

  Patricia Patterson is an accretive artist, invariably extending, but rarely leaving much behind.

  Jun 16, 2011
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  Whose Hollywood Is It Anyway?

  The most satisfying literary conflicts allow all antagonists to be right, each in his own way.

  Jun 15, 2011
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  Egyptian Spring

  By gathering emblematic tweets, an important slice of the Revolution is organized and clarified through well-established editorial procedures.

  Jun 14, 2011

  • Politics and Economics

  • Translation

• Black and White

  Insofar as poverty is the problem, Warren argues, history has nothing to do with the solution.

  Jun 13, 2011
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  What Was African American Literature? A Symposium

  Warren leaves us with several productively troubling conclusions.

  Jun 13, 2011
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  The Formidable Work of the Present

  A powerhouse of a book.

  Jun 13, 2011
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  Wasness

  Warren's argument feels familiar.

  Jun 13, 2011
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  The Mysterious Island

  I'm writing this because I just found out that my favorite bookseller in the world is dead.

  Jun 11, 2011
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  Larry Flynt at Home

  After all is said and done, who would you prefer as your next President? A Hollywood ham, an addle-brained astronaut, or a smut peddler who cares?

  Jun 10, 2011
• Astounding Cosmic News: Matthew Zapruder's "Come On All You Ghosts"

  MATTHEW ZAPRUDER WILL SPEAK TO YOU. This isn’t a metaphor, or a mere recommendation: it’s a description of method. In “Come On All You Ghosts...

  Jun 9, 2011

  • Poetry

• Stars Inside Your Thumb

  A real-life horror lies at the heart of Hicok's book.

  Jun 9, 2011

  • Poetry

• Once Children

  ADULTS WHO WERE ONCE CHILDREN tend to agree: we are who we are because of fairy tales. Once upon a time, they were the clearest — and most just-seemin...

  Jun 8, 2011
• Strange Lights

  The originality here lies in the author's ability to reshuffle the materials of pop literature and contemplate them anew.

  Jun 8, 2011