Stranger than Fiction

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August 1, 2013 | 1 book mentioned 1

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We’ve traced how Stoner became a bestseller in Europe, but I took a closer look at where the book started, The University of Missouri, for Vox Magazine. As it turns out, John Williams found inspiration in some real faculty rivalries.

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Tuesday New Release Day: Englander, Chaon, Boo, Ausubel, Gaddis, Burroughs

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February 7, 2012 | 1 book mentioned
Two hotly anticipated collections of stories are out this week: Nathan Englander's What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank and Dan Chaon's Stay Awake. Also new this week are Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Ramona Ausubel's No One is Here Except All of Us, which she wrote about here recently, Dalkey's new edition of The Recognitions by William Gaddis, and a new volume of William S. Burroughs' letters.
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One comment:

  1. I just finished reading Stoner, after having become interested in it from articles here. Gotta say: didn’t do a whole lot for me.

    It’s possible I’m a philistine. I’m definitely not an academic (any more).

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