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• Maureen Murphy says "Thanks for the reference to Emily St. John Mandel’s essay. I’ve been following the kerfuffle over Claire Messud’s PW reply..."Holden Caulfield Has No Friends
• B. Gopinath says "Here come the DFW epigones. I’ve been waiting for them. I am armed and ready for battle."At the Frontiers of the Unsayable: Bennett Sims’s A Questionable Shape
• Them' says "Lovely article on what seems to be a fassinating read (not ironic, just wordplay). However, I don’t think..."Up Shit Creek, Sans Paddle: On David Waltner-Toews’s The Origin of Feces
• Elizabeth Minkel says "I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all of your thoughtful insights into this. Joel, I just wanted to point you towards..."George Saunders and the Question of Greatness
• B. Gopinath says "The “Writer of Our Time” is someone, right now, whom no one reads, who resides on the margins, who, in 30, 50, 70, years,..."George Saunders and the Question of Greatness