When Betsy Lerner Left the Building

She’s Gone…oh why…oh why… My favorite emailer in the world is Betsy Lerner. I don’t know what to call her…a blogger? She’s a writer, prize-winning editor, literary agent, prize-winning poet, umm…now that I read her various bios, I’m feeling intimidated. But let’s put that aside. Lerner’s emails are short, unfiltered, and often extremely funny. I get a dopamine rush when I see …

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Book Review: Pastoralia

Pastoralia: Stories and a Novella, by George Saunders. I’ve never read anything like these stories: interior monologue so skewed and entertaining that the action seems secondary. But there is action, and it’s pretty intense: [SPOILER ALERT] A boy dies riding his bike, a poor swimmer plunges into a fast river in a possibly doomed attempt …

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