The Believer – May 2009

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The Believer – May 2009

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Interviews

An Interview with John Crowley

writers

In Conversation with Nick Lowe

musicians

Microinterview with Mark McGurl

thinkers

A Conversation with Robert Smigel

actors

Correspondence with Christine Schutt

writers

Poetry

Getting in Line

Bob Hicok

Native

Jessica Fisher

Getting in Line

Bob Hicok

Call Me a Lyre, I Dare You

Bob Hicok

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Essays

Out of the Woods

Mary Williams

A Scanner Darkly

Paul La Farge

Dr. Octagon

John Adamian

Ida, Who Vanquishes Goblins

Hannah Frank

Every Reader Finds Himself

Christopher R. Beha

The Problem of Other People

Barbara Taylor

The Problem of Other People

Adam Phillips

Columns

Creative Accounting: The Puffy Chair

M. Rebekah Otto

Real Life Rock Top Ten – May 2009

Greil Marcus

Sedaratives: Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Mandvi

Interviews

An Interview with John Crowley

writers

In Conversation with Nick Lowe

musicians

Microinterview with Mark McGurl

thinkers

A Conversation with Robert Smigel

actors

Correspondence with Christine Schutt

writers

Reviews

Ablutions: Notes for a Novel

Ted McDermott

The Girl With Brown Fur

Nick Bredie

I Go To Some Hollow

Kate Zambreno

Senselessness

Jascha Hoffman

Take It

Daniel Handler

The Way Through Doors

Blake Butler

Poetry

Getting in Line

Bob Hicok

Native

Jessica Fisher

Getting in Line

Bob Hicok

Call Me a Lyre, I Dare You

Bob Hicok

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