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John Updike
July 24, 2006
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Bursting The Thermometer
July 3, 2006
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Jihad and the Novel
May 1, 2006
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The Misreader
December 19, 2005
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American Idle
May 23, 2005
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When Government Writes History
October 8, 2001
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Washington Diarist: Clippings
October 8, 2001
Leon Wieseltier
Clippings
January 15, 2001
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Sounds of Silence
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John Updike Beautifully Explains How Difficult It Was To Read John Cheever's Tortured Journals
March 9, 1987
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Holden Caulfield Goes To Law School
April 13, 1986
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