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    <body><![CDATA[I just read the excerpts from interviews, so far. Do you think maybe the standard interview formats and conventions might contribute to the pretentious holding-forth tone found in most &quot;conversations&quot; reported in the Paris Review? Otherwise, there's just no excuse. I think it was worse bac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33194012">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is great stuff, especially for someone with insomnia. But you might want to avoid the Heartbreak genre of stories if you are already having trouble sleeping. This is a great compendium featuring all the contemporary greats. Included are David Foster Wallace on love, Denis Johnson on intoxicatio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30464009">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[it seems like i've been reading this book forever, which makes sense because it spans so many topics and is like, a million pages long.  but i'm not devouring.  more like savoring.  i read one or two stories/chapters/essays/poems per night - just enough to get me thinking but then lull me to the oth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7542144">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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