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A Visit from the Goon Squad

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Candy from Strangers: A Conversation with Jennifer Egan

  • Liz Button
  • April 6, 2022
We can try to perform our inner lives, but we can't actually reveal them. We can create a simulacrum, which is so much of what I see on social media, and that simulacrum is entertainment. It’s exciting because we all love the whiff of authenticity, and the more mediated our culture feels, the more we crave it, but we can't actually give it away. We cannot actually break through the barrier of our individual aloneness.
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A Literary Tasting Menu: My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee

  • Ryan Lackey
  • February 10, 2021
Simply put, the novel’s heart is not political but sensual.
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Telling Our Own Stories: A Conversation with Kate Reed Petty

  • TJ Fuller
  • August 7, 2020
Kate Reed Petty discusses her debut novel, TRUE STORY.
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Four Continents, Three Families, One Nation: Talking with Namwali Serpell

  • Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
  • March 20, 2019
Namwali Serpell discusses her debut novel, THE OLD DRIFT.
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Circling Backwards, Snaking Sideways: Talking with Sharlene Teo

  • Roberto Rodriguez-Estrada
  • October 3, 2018
Sharlene Teo discusses her debut novel, PONTI.
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Discomfort, Desire, and Drugs: Talking with Ben Gwin

  • Christine Stroud
  • May 21, 2018
Ben Gwin discusses his debut novel, Clean Time: The True Story of Ronald Regan Middleton, the book's unique structure, and writing satire.
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Living in the Realm of the Subconscious: Talking with Melissa Fraterrigo

  • Christine Sneed
  • January 17, 2018
Melissa Fraterrigo discusses her new novel-in-stories, Glory Days, writing speculative fiction, and how our formative years influence us later in life.
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An Investigation into Fate and Freedom: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

  • Emily Gray Tedrowe
  • October 10, 2017
Everyone, no matter how strong or independent, is subject to forces like war, or time, or the claims of family.
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Rock & Home

  • Art Edwards
  • August 4, 2015
Can domestic life and rock & roll flourish together in contemporary novels? Should they?
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HORN! REVIEWS: A Visit from the Goon Squad

  • Kevin Thomas
  • July 15, 2011
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
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