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• Peter Massey says "I liked Kirk’s take on Daisy and agree, Fitzgerald doesn’t quite make me feel she’s real and..."Judging Luhrmann’s Gatsby: Five English Scholars Weigh In
• 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