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“And Suppress the Unpleasant Things”
by William T. Vollmann
W.G. Sebald’s last book examines the suffering of German civilians after WWII. Are the survivors worthy of our pity?
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A New Prose Signal
by Sven Birkerts
Gary Lutz’s sentences: luminous and deflated, disjointed to perfection.
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est, Werner Erhard, and the Corporatization of Self-Help
by Suzanne Snider
Werner Erhard, founder of est, thinks you’re an asshole.
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The Bad Mormon
by Ben Ehrenreich
Dead stepfathers with mouths full of bees are not well-regarded at Brigham Young University.
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A Cold in the Soul: Reading The Book Of Disquiet in Apartment 62
by Benjamin Kunkel
Pessoa’s
The Book of Disquiet will give you a wonderful cold in the soul.
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Thirty-One Love Songs
by Rick Moody
Whittling
69 Love Songs down to a perfect thirty-one—this is how some people spend an afternoon.
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O Biblioklepts!
by Michael Atkinson
A book thief is buried under the swell of his own selfish booty.
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Judith Butler
interviewed by Jill Stauffer
Turns out we dehumanize people without knowing it. Judith Butler explains how philosophy can help fix this.
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Jack White
interviewed by Tobias de la Manzana
“I am an experienced upholsterer, and I’ve been working in the trade for years.”
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Laura Owens
interviewed by Rachel Kushner
Breathing new life into the dying art of monkey portraiture.
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Ashida Kim
interviewed by Eli Horowitz
A ninja is the best defense against anti-ninja forces.
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Pat Benatar
interviewed by Jancee Dunn
Fifty years old, heading out on tour with her own washing machine, and available for marital counseling.
