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November 30, 2017

OLM Favorites: This Drifty State of Being

November 30, 2017/ Liza Birnbaum

Two Idiots: Dostoevsky's classic and the new novel by Elif Batuman. What, if anything, do they have in common, and what do their differences say about each author's attitude toward fiction?

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November 30, 2017/ Liza Birnbaum/
Arts & Life
December 2017, literary criticism
June 30, 2012

In Advance of Failure Foreseen

June 30, 2012/ Liza Birnbaum

John Updike once affably damned James Agee as a wasted talent who failed to cultivate his craft. Liza Birnbaum replies with a defense of the glories of Agee's ragged, heartfelt work.

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June 30, 2012/ Liza Birnbaum/
Fiction, Literary Criticism
fiction, john updike, July 2012, literary criticism
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