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Joy Williams

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[Reviews]

Great, Beautiful, Terrifying

On Cormac McCarthy

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[From the Archive]

Every Beast of the Earth

St. Francis once converted a wolf to reason. The wolf of Gubbio promised to stop terrorizing an Italian town; he made pledges and assurances and pacts, and he kept his…

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[Story]

My First Car

Mrs. B’s Baby Village Day Care was on a frontage road between a mattress wholesaler and a knife outlet. There were six or so babies as regulars and another one…

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[Readings]

Pet Seminary

By Joy Williams, from Ninety-Nine Stories of God, which was published last month by Tin House Books. Williams is the author of four previous short-story collections and four novels, including…

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[Readings]

The Mission

By Joy Williams, from Little Star #5. Williams is the author of several works of fiction, including Honored Guest. A Mr. Hill was doing my paperwork. “What will you take…

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[Essay]

One Acre

On devaluing real estate to keep land priceless

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[Miscellany]

The Inhumanity of the Animal People

Do creatures have the same rights that we do?

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[Fiction]

Honored guest

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