Marginalia

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• A brief guide to Indiana

• Gary Indiana's latest book, Utopia’s Debris, is only one part of a sustained career that has produced a number of sharp-witted gems.

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• Gift guide

• The Patricia Highsmith murder weapon, a history of financial crises and much more.

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• Songs of myself

• Eminem and Prince hit the coffee table.

New reviews

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• The immigrants

• What We All Long For, by Dionne Brand

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• Dionne Brand writes a bustling novel about Toronto's cultural crossroads.

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• Disquiet, so quiet

• Disquiet, by Julia Leigh

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• Julia Leigh's new gothic tale is a slender novel that leaves few lasting impressions.

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• The secrets of success

• Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell

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• To achieve great things, Malcolm Gladwell argues, it’s not enough to simply be driven and talented.

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• Brazilian grit

• The Taker and Other Stories, by Rubem Fonseca

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• This story collection about crime in Rio de Janeiro is like a blast to the head.

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• Beatnik artifact

• And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs

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• A roman à clef about a '44 murder is finally published. But do we want it?

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• Meta sci-fi

• Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, by Yasutaka Tsutsui

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• These reality-bending stories overlap elements of fantasy and literary self-consciousness.

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Author profiles

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• Author profile

• Bleakonomics

• Niall Ferguson ponders the wild history of money.

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• From hear to eternity

• Critic Ben Ratliff plays DJ for TONY.

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• Anomie of the people

• A new satire distills a screenwriter’s spiritual crisis and political rage.

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• Naval gazing

• Novelist Amitav Ghosh studies life on a 19th-century ship.

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• Orphan club

• Hannah Tinti’s debut novel follows a band of outsiders.

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• How, voyager?

• Novelist Deb Olin Unferth goes on an unsentimental journey.

Print condition

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• The cheapest bookstore

• It’s called the library, geniuses. Here’s how it will save you money—and more.

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• Culture Report, part I

• Literary agents, editors and publicists weigh in on the unpredictable world of publishing.

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• Culture Report, part II

• Writers discuss the factors of literary success.