From The Nation, in the theater of Isak Dinesen: A reconsideration of the fictive truths behind a storyteller's many masks. Angel or demon: Could Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol spell the end for the printed word? The Family Business: Are John and Dan Fante ready for the big time? A review of The Lost Origins of the Essay by John D'Agata. We just celebrated the moon landing and a solar eclipse — what's a poet's take on the cosmos? From Forward, not science fiction: An interview with Jonathan Lethem on the novels of Philip K. Dick; and a review of Arthur Miller: 1915–1962 by Christopher Bigsby. A review of The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot by Gertrude Himmelfarb. A review of George Eliot: Novelist, Lover, Wife by Brenda Maddox (and more). Second Reading: Jonathan Yardley reexamines Jane Austen's Pride and

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