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August 20, 2007
Mother Lodes: A Conversation

The Mistress’s Daughter author A.M. Homes got together recently with Mary Gordon, whose new book is called Circling My Mother, to talk about the blurry lines between memories and ­fiction.

August 13, 2007
'The Ruins'

Classic beach read terrifies.

August 13, 2007
The Incomplete Sayings of Albus Dumbledore

In Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling enacts her late-breaking cop-out via a very long, wise talk between Harry and Dumbledore, whose wisdom has always been a wee bit fortune-cookieish.

August 13, 2007
SimCity ’07

William Gibson comes out of cyberspace and starts scanning Union Square.

August 9, 2007
'The Voice at 3 A.M.'

Act like you know the new poet laureate.

August 1, 2007
'Lottery'

Paul Theroux–approved author Patricia Wood starts strong.

July 30, 2007
A World of Wonders

On marginalrevolution.com, Tyler Cowen often compiles his favorite things about a country or a state that he is visiting, revealing extraordinarily catholic taste.

July 27, 2007
'Inner Workings: Literary Essays 2000–2005'

Critic J.M. Coetzee tours mid-century Europe.

July 27, 2007
'The World Without Us'

Alan Weisman imagines all the people…gone.

July 19, 2007
'Bossy Bear'

Find a useful moral in this story.

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