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September 18, 2008
Infinite Loss

David Foster Wallace, 1962–2008

September 15, 2008
Cracked: Michael Greenberg

In depicting his daughter's first psychotic break, Michael Greenberg sought to fill in something “missing in the literature of madness.”

August 25, 2008
Crime Pays: Michael Agovino

If there is such a thing as a typical New York upbringing, Michael Agovino knows nothing about it.

July 21, 2008
The Other Joker: Jim Holt

Jim Holt, author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This admits that analyzing humor is inherently unfunny.

July 21, 2008
Death by Gonzo

No one was more ambivalent about his own legend than Hunter Thompson.

June 23, 2008
Comic-Book Hero

Young Dash Shaw has written the graphic novel of the year—and it’s not even autobiographical.

June 23, 2008
Is This Book Worth Getting?

A no-frills guide to the just-published fiction shelf.

June 2, 2008
A Warming Trend

Book-jacket designers all scream for you-know-what.

May 26, 2008
Dungeon Master: David Benioff

In 2001, David ­Benioff made a few nice Hollywood deals and signed a three-book package with Viking.

May 12, 2008
In Cold War Blood: Tom Rob Smith

Think of Tom Rob Smith’s debut novel, Child 44, as a prequel to Martin Cruz Smith’s classic mystery Gorky Park.

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