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A Visit From the Good Squad

Unusual Literary Halloween Costumes

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.14.2011 | Books
Read More: Swamplandia, Video, Kurt Vonnegut, Halloween Costume Ideas, Halloween Costumes, Literary Halloween Costumes, Patrick-Bateman, A Visit From the Good Squad, Slidepollajax, Sci Fi Books, Books News

It’s cooling off and coffee shops are finally re-introducing pumpkin-flavored lattes. This means just one thing: the season for costume shopping has...

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Is Brooklyn the New Paris?

Paul LaRosa | Posted 05.30.2011 | New York
Read More: Dumbo Brooklyn, Park Slope, Brooklyn, Outdoor Cafes, Pete Hamill, Fort Greene, Cobble Hill, Jennifer Egan, A-Visit-From-the-Good-Squad, Red Hook New York, Paris, Red Hook, New York News
Paul LaRosa

I've been thinking that Brooklyn is very similar to what Paris was like nearly a century ago. The only thing missing is the ubiquitous smoke rising from the lips of the young and literary.

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Off the C(H)uff: Jennifer Egan Talks About A Visit From the Goon Squad

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Emerald City and Other Stories, Stieg Larsson, Jennifer Egan, The Keep, Lisbeth Salander, Look at Me, Proust, A Visit From the Good Squad, The Invisible Circus, Books News
Patricia Zohn

2010-07-27-eganoutside.jpg It's summer. Some people are reading Larsson or re-reading Proust. Instead, I spent last week curled up with Jennifer Egan.

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