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November 29, 2022
MagazineMaggie Doherty
Cormac McCarthy’s Respite From Loneliness
The Passenger is an unusually loose, warm novel—full of theories and anecdotes, memories and stories.
March 22, 2022
MagazineAdam Kirsch
Sheila Heti Steps Away From Autofiction
Her new novel “Pure Colour” investigates the eternal.
September 20, 2019
MagazineRumaan Alam
The MAGA Plot
In a subtle new work of autofiction, Ben Lerner takes on Trumpism.
April 25, 2005
James Wood
Gratitude
Say goodbye to Bellow.
May 18, 2004
Christopher Orr
The Talented Mr. Malkovich
December 15, 2003
Michael B. Oren, Yossi Klein Halevi
Jerusalem Dispatch: Fantasy
November 3, 2003
Zadie Smith
The Limited Circle Is Pure
July 9, 1977
Stephen Hess
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