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Charles Yu
Archive of the Forgotten: Charles Yu on Jonathan Lethem’s
Motherless Brooklyn
and
The Fortress of Solitude
“There has always been this energy, back-of-the-store energy... Lethem has channeled that energy.”
By
Charles Yu
| September 3, 2024
Jeff VanderMeer’s
Veniss Underground
Reveals the World by Breaking Its Boundaries
Charles Yu Reflects on a New Edition of Vandermeer's Powerfully Weird First Novel
By
Charles Yu
| May 11, 2023
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