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The Paris Review, Issue 196, Spring 2011

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The Paris Review, Issue 196, Spring 2011

Penned By Lorin Stein
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Editor's Note:
Table of ContentsFictionRoberto Bolaño, The Third Reich: Part IJoshua Cohen, EmissionInterviewAnn Beattie, The Art of Fiction No. 209Janet Malcolm, The Art of Nonfiction No. 4PoetryChris Andrews, Two PoemsVarious Authors, Five Poems of KabbalahStephen Dunn, Leaving the Empty RoomLinda Gregerson, Slaters’ MeasureClare Rossini, The NitroPortfolioPavel Zoubok, CollageEssayJohn Jeremiah Sullivan, Unnamed CavesDocumentÉdouard Levé, When I Look at a Strawberry, I Think of a Tongue

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