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by Paul Auster, J. M. Coetzee,

From Here and Now, a collection of letters exchanged by novelists J. M. Coetzee and Paul Auster between 2008 and 2011, out this month from Viking. 24 august 2009 Dear…

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From comments on the Wikipedia entry for the Beatles. Last fall, Wikipedia conducted a community-wide poll to settle the below dispute, which began in 2004. Users voted for lowercase “the.”…

Body politic

by Kirk Butts,

Heel, Hitler

by Reiner Kreutzwald, Willy Erkelenz, Translated by Natascha Hoffmeyer,

Beer hall tush

by Mel Gordon,

Who’s UU

Translated by Andrew Shimunek,

Movin’ on up

Translated by Mike Meyer,

Stink different

by Harper’s Staff,

Begun this clone war has

by Harper’s Staff,

Uneager beavers

by Bette E. Landman,

The HMS Fluffy

by Harper’s Staff,

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