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Article — From the April 2007 issue
The boys in the alley, the disappearing readers, and the novel’s ghostly twin
Readings — From the April 2007 issue
Readings — From the September 2006 issue
Review — From the July 2006 issue
Nathanael West’s brilliant distortions
Readings — From the June 2006 issue
Review — From the November 2005 issue
Joan Didion and the opposite of meaning
Article — From the February 2003 issue
Edward Dahlberg’s recipe for crocodile tears
New books — From the June 2002 issue
Palpitations — From the May 1983 issue
Norman Mailer finally gets his Egyptian novel out of his system
Palpitations — From the October 1982 issue
Two veteran novelists who can still bounce the bedsprings
Palpitations — From the September 1982 issue
Six hundred more pages by Joyce Carol Oates
Article — From the August 1981 issue
The collapse of the literary establishment

Minimum number of baboons forced to smoke crack in a 1989 study testing the efficacy of cigarettes as a drug delivery device:

A reduction in distrust toward atheists was documented among pious Canadians who are reminded of the Vancouver police.

A Missouri cinema apologized for hiring an actor dressed in body armor and carrying a fake rifle to appear at a screening of Iron Man 3.
Winner of the 2012 Olivier Rebbot Award for best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines or books