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Joan Didion's Disaffected Literary Descendants

Joan Didion's Disaffected Literary Descendants

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By Katie Dobbs | December 16, 2016

Getting Lost in William Trevor's Private World

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Basking in Shirley Hazzard's Pure, Cold Light

Basking in Shirley Hazzard's Pure, Cold Light

Mary Duffy Remembers the Shimmering Crispness of Hazzard's Prose

By Mary Duffy | December 15, 2016

In Praise of Zadie Smith's London

In Praise of Zadie Smith's London

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How Nostalgia Corrupts Politics and Pop Culture

How Nostalgia Corrupts Politics and Pop Culture

On Donald Trump, Stranger Things, and Longing for an Imaginary Past

By Sean Bernard | December 13, 2016

William Gaddis Occupies Wall Street, Channels a Tween Trump

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