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Steven J. Ross on Army of Phantoms by J. Hoberman

“The Paranoid Style”

September 27th, 2011
William Marling on James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled Mythmaker by David Madden and Kristopher Mecholsky

“Pure Cain”

September 21st, 2011
Cullen Gallagher on The Pack by Jason Starr

“Plunging into the Supernatural”

September 17th, 2011
Darcey Steinke on House of Prayer No. 2 by Mark Richard

“Place of Grace”

July 26th, 2011
Roxana Badin on The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Practicing on Patients”

July 8th, 2011
Diana Wagman on Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir by Margaux Fragoso

“The Pervert's Point of View”

June 17th, 2011
Chris Kraus and Chris Kraus on Simone Weil by Palle Yourgrau

“Posthumous”

May 31st, 2011
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