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—Regarding Literary Entrails
—A Matter of Style
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—End of the World Literature
—My Favorite Reads of 2006
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Books and Authors Recently Discussed

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—His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
—Sylvia by Leonard Michaels
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—The Three Paradoxes by Paul Hornschemeier
—The Irresponsible Self by James Wood
—The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
—Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg
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