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ART & CULTURE David Gates on Tests of Time: Essays, by William H. Gass Peter Plagens on Art Crazy Nation: The Post-Blimey! Art World, by Matthew Collings Geoff Dyer on Ready, Steady, Go! The Smashing Rise and Giddy Fall of Swinging London, by Shawn Levy Margot Mifflin on Baroness Elsa: Gender, Dada, and Everyday Modernity, by Irene Gammel Dennis Cooper on Back in No Time: The Brion Gysin Reader, edited by Jason Weiss Alex Coles on Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Century, edited by Frances Colpitt Luc Sante on Shakey: Neil Young's Biography, by Jimmy McDonough Jenifer Berman on The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired, by Francine Prose Ben Schrank on The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, by Steven Pinker Sam Lipsyte on An American Family: A Televised Life, by Jeffrey Ruoff Greg Villepique on Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction, edited by Hazel K. Bell, foreword by A.S. Byatt ART & CULTURE COLUMNS Horse's Mouth: readers' tips compiled by Laura Mauk All the Rage: Tiffany Lee Brown on post-riot grrrl screeds The Confidence Men: Paul Maliszewski on frauds, cons, and forgeries Skin Job: Tom Vanderbilt on Total Living: Fashion, Architecture, Design, Art, Communication, edited by Maria Luisa Frisa, Mario Lupano, and Stefano Tonchi Coffee Table: Barry Schwabsky and Andy Grundberg on art and photo monographs Invisible Lit: Mark Dery on art- and antiques-auction catalogues FICTION Adam Kirsch on Family Matters, by Rohinton Mistry Jerry Stahl on Lullaby, by Chuck Palahniuk John Pallatella on Immanent Visitor: Selected Poems, by Jaime Saenz, translated by Kent Johnson and Forrest Gander Suzan Sherman on Things You Should Know: Stories, by A.M. Homes Mark Swartz on The Green Hour, by Frederick Tuten Gary Indiana on Snake and Niagara, by Mary Woronov Mike McGonigal on Ball and Hammer: Hugo Ball's Tenderenda the Fantast, by Hugo Ball, translated and illustrated by Jonathan Hammer Dani Shapiro on Shootout with Father, by Marianne Hauser Steve Erickson on In the Hand of Dante, by Nick Tosches David Bowman on Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides FICTION COLUMNS Benjamin Anastas on Muriel Spark and realism Interview: Minna Proctor talks with Umberto Eco Fiction Forecast by Kera Bolonik First Novels by Darcy Cosper
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