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apr 22, 2011 @ 9:00:00 am - bookforum.com / paper trail
Christopher Hitchens on Philip Larkin, the "impossible man.” In The Guardian Elif Batuman writes about a recent trip to New York, in which she attends the NBCC award ceremony, hangs out with Jonathan Franzen, and reflects on life as a newly-minted bestselling author: “I noticed a while ago that
political awakening - bookforum.com / current issue
Those who wish to see politics in everything frequently get their wish. The selection of a Nobel laureate in literature is a case in point. In 2001, the choice of V. S. Naipaul looked to some like a post-9/11 gesture of sympathy with America—even an endorsement of America's incipient military
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