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Tom Wolfe on the Writer's Hippocratic Oath: "First, Entertain."

John Freeman's 2004 Interview with the Legendary Writer

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On Soseki's Bitingly Critical Novel, <em>I Am a Cat</em>

On Soseki's Bitingly Critical Novel, I Am a Cat

A Comic Evocation of the Author's Deep Pessimism about His Own Humanity

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Michelle Tea on Failure, Trump Voters, and Her Fantasy for the World

Michelle Tea on Failure, Trump Voters, and Her Fantasy for the World

Let People Figure Out How to Live their Best Lives"">"Stop Being so Uptight and Boring and Xenophobic and Just
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George Saunders on the Emotional Realism of Bobbie Ann Mason

George Saunders on the Emotional Realism of Bobbie Ann Mason

Her Fiction is a Scale Model Where People Wander Beautiful, Hostile Dreamscapes

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William Trevor in America

William Trevor in America

Patrick Cox on his father's travels across the USA

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On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

Twilight Zone Episode"">"Whenever I’m in Marfa I Feel like I’m in a Twilight Zone Episode"

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For Viv Albertine, Honesty Is As Punk As It Gets

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