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Fiction

The enemies of imagination

by Bob Shacochis,

Lost loves

by Harper’s Staff,

The stylist’s revenge

by Paul West,

Coincidence

by Paul Auster,

Women’s novels

by Margaret Eleanor Atwood,

To the point

by Edward Hoagland,

Truths only essays can tell

Writing toward imperfect peace

by Amos Oz,

Octopus

by Charis Conn,

What he did was weep. With a convulsive, shredded sound, as if fabric were being rent or animals slaughtered. He was so small that his most solemn sorrowful sounds were…

The ultimate tattoo

by Mark Leyner,

Possum

by Charles Baxter,

Tompkins Square

by Don DeLillo,