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Brooklyn Book Fest: Literature in a digital age

A friend who heard my soundbite on WNYC earlier wanted details on the Literature in a Digital Age panel I’m moderating tomorrow at the Brooklyn Book Festival, so I thought I’d post them here, too. The panelists are John Freeman, Dwight Garner, and Sarah Schmelling. Given the topic, it should be a fun, wide-ranging discussion in which no one agrees . . .

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Writing through failure

At Bookforum, Sarah Manguso, author of The Two Kinds of Decay, offers a syllabus on the best writing about not writing.

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Long artful wail

Lorrie Moore notes a comparison of Clarice Lispector’s work to the sweet plaster used to kill cockroaches. Like Jessa, I’m intrigued.

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