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A Selected Pathology of People Who Ask Questions at “In Conversation With” Events
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November 16, 2018Nihilist Dad Jokes
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December 6, 2018Welcome to Our Modern Hospital Where If You Want to Know a Price You Can Go Fuck Yourself
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November 28, 2018The Lady Hero’s Journey
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November 13, 2018List: If People Talked to Other Professionals the Way They Talk to Teachers
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November 29, 2017End of Semester Bingo
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November 30, 2018Monologue: I’m Hanukkah and I’m Living My Best Life So Deal With It
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December 5, 2018Oulipian Excerpts from All That is Evident is Suspect: Hervé Le Tellier, from Liquid Tales
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December 4, 2018Puffer Problems
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November 30, 2018A Preternatural Devotion: Remembering Ricky Jay
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November 30, 2018Oulipian Excerpts from All That is Evident is Suspect: Olivier Salon, from “Invisible Cities: Lille”
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November 28, 2018Oulipian Excerpts from All That is Evident is Suspect: Jacques Jouet, from The Republic of Beau-Locks
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November 20, 2018McSweeney’s Books: A Brief Interview With Leland de la Durantaye, Author of Hannah Versus the Tree
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November 19, 2018How to Make a Place Like 826: Louisville Young Authors Greenhouse: If You Can See the Stars, There is Still Light
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Dave Eggers will deliver this year’s PEN HG Wells Lecture on the theme of digital human rights. The event happens in London on Sunday, December 16. Click for details.
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Listen to “Borderlands,” the latest episode of our arts & culture podcast, the Organist.
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