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October 18, 2021
Scott Bradfield
The Magnificent Jumble of Donald Barthelme’s Stories
Manhattan was the perfect subject for Barthelme’s comic fiction, a source of always-shifting relationships.
July 26, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Zadie Smith’s Right to Be Wrong
The writer's short story in 'The New Yorker' is a puzzling allegory about social media and the #MeToo movement.
July 20, 2014
David Hajdu
Why Are There So Many Orphans in the Comics?
Roz Chast's take on child/parent relationships and aging
April 30, 2013
Cara Parks
In Praise of Janet Malcolm’s Prickly Career

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