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Archive: 2012

With red chair
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Black smoke
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Five stories
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A gray pottery head
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Girl with a pencil
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Terms and conditions
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Bad wrap
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Beat to the punch
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Solo show
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Head trauma
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Motiv
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Fit to sprint
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What Happened in Vegas
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Copyright (c) 2012 by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal. Reprinted with permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company. From The Lifespan of a Fact, by writer John D’Agata and…

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Absence
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The elusive American Century
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Harper’s index
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Act of contrition
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Letters
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Untitled
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Findings
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Power without status is the most corrupting. Those who feel powerless attempt to gain prestige by eating larger portions. Lonely consumers prefer unpopular products. Agreeable people have lower credit scores.…

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Coined words
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Unfaithful
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The false nostalgia of Mad Men

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New books
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The pharmacist from Jena
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Her heart inform her tongue
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Language lost and found

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The Long Draw
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On the trail of an artistic mystery in the American West

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Calderón’s war
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The gruesome legacy of Mexico's antidrug campaign

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Stop Payment!
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A homeowners' revolt against the banks

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Narcissus and Goldmund
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Rite Hand In
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