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**Bookworm**

Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.

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Patrick deWitt: French Exit Oct 04, 2018

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French Exit by Patrick deWitt, a vastly amusing novel about a spider woman.

Edward St. Aubyn: The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels Sep 27, 2018

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Edward St. Aubyn’s Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother’s Milk, and At Last: The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels, recently adapted into a five-episode limited series on Showtime.

Joshua Cohen and Samuel Nicholson: ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction Sep 20, 2018

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Samuel Nicholson edited three of Joshua Cohen’s books at Random House, including his recent collection of nonfiction, ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction.

Joshua Cohen: ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction Sep 13, 2018

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Joshua Cohen’s collection of nonfiction, ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction, examines the effect of the internet and technology on the human mind.

Mary Cappello, James Morrison, Jean Walton Buffalo Trace: A Threefold Vibration Sep 06, 2018

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Buffalo Trace: A Threefold Vibration, by Mary Cappello, James Morrison, and Jean Walton, is a trio of novella-length autographical essays about graduate school students who love to read.

Joshua Mattson: A Short Film About Disappointment Aug 30, 2018

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Joshua Mattson’s experimental debut novel, A Short Film About Disappointment, pulls the rug out from under the reader.

B. Catling: The Vorhh Trilogy (Part 2) Aug 23, 2018

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B. Catling further discusses learning to write The Vorhh Trilogy by being within it.

B. Catling: The Vorhh Trilogy (Part 1) Aug 16, 2018

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In B. Catling’s The Vorrh Trilogy, a vast surrealist tapestry comes into being; cooperating with the reader’s desire.

Christian Kracht: The Dead Aug 09, 2018

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Christian Kracht’s The Dead is an expectations bending book with more tricks than a circus.