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April 1, 2011April 1, 2011 - Uncategorized

On Reading Dan Chaon’s “Falling Backwards” and Mary Gaitskill’s “The Arms and Legs of the Lake”: An Essay on Compassion

I’ve read about Dan Chaon and possibly have read other stories by him (because I’ve read many journals over many…

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