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No Funny Business: How Orhan Pamuk’s Postmodern Fictions Fall Short
All successful postmodern literature contains a comic element, argues Dan Green. Orhan Pamuk just isn’t funny. [more]
Thrice Told Tales: How Stories Become Reality in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow
Oral storytelling is an essential part of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s beliefs about art and politics. Scott Esposito explains how storytelling works on three levels in Thiong’o’s newest novel, Wizard of the Crow. [more]
Déjà Vu: On Rereading Catch-22
The language, logic, and structure of Catch-22 are like a Mobius strip, argues Elizabeth Wadell. So is rereading. [more]
Excerpt: Cautionary Tales
New work from Edie Meidav and Ken Stout, from their forthcoming book, Cautionary Tales. [more]
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Two Men on the Subway
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Courtesy of the Artist
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Amulet
The Children’s Hospital
The Shape of Things to Come
Poor People
The Mystery of the Sardine
Of Song and Water
Reading Like A Writer
Golden Country
All Aunt Hagar’s Children
The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness
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