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Speak, Memory: When Novelists Turn to Memoir
Speak, Memory: When Novelists Turn to Memoir
By Freddie Moore
July 25, 2014

If Nabokov’s memoir catalyzed Lolita, who knows what memoir writing can do for Gary Shteyngart and Tom Robbins.

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Gonzo Today: What Hunter S. Thompson Means to Modern Journalism
Gonzo Today: What Hunter S. Thompson Means to Modern Journalism
By Nicholas Laskin
July 18, 2014

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”

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The Real Life Inspirations Behind Moby-Dick
The Real Life Inspirations Behind Moby-Dick
By George Dobbs
July 01, 2014

Whale attacks, cannibalism and tyrannical captains — this wasn’t Herman Melville’s fiction.

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The Roots of Questlove: A Review of “Mo’ Meta Blues”
The Roots of Questlove: A Review of “Mo’ Meta Blues”
By Hilary Hughes
July 08, 2013

What happens when Ahmir Thompson — a.k.a. Questlove — steps out from behind the drum kit and becomes his own critic?

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Portraiture for the Masses: A Review of 'The Unwinding' by George Packer
Portraiture for the Masses: A Review of 'The Unwinding' by George Packer
By Julia Langbein
June 20, 2013

With a handful of main characters whose stories we follow for 35 years, Packer attempts to repopulate narratives at the epicenters of the housing collapse and deindustrialization.

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Unwinding 'The Unwinding': An Interview with George Packer
Unwinding 'The Unwinding': An Interview with George Packer
By Julia Langbein
June 20, 2013

We discuss the navigation of a novelistic tone in a work of journalism and whether Jay-Z would be cool with The Unwinding.

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