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Maggie Shipstead

Maggie Shipstead is the author of Seating Arrangements and Astonish Me.

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August 15, 2016
Maggie Shipstead
A Gentleman’s Sport, Now With Lasers
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 8: Modern pentathlon.
July 3, 2013
Maggie Shipstead
The Phony Transgressiveness of 'Tampa'
This summer's big, erotic novel is like 'Lolita' without the charm
April 23, 2013
Maggie Shipstead
Isabel Allende and the Decline of Magical Realism
January 17, 2013
Maggie Shipstead
Disturbia—Will Self’s Experiment

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