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    Keith Gessen’s ‘A Terrible Country’ Is Pretty Great

    Bookworm: 2018 Russia, 2008 Russia, 19th-century Russia, and America all star in the new novel by the author of ‘All the Sad Young Literary Men’

    byAlexander Aciman
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Jens Schott Knudsen/Flickr)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Jens Schott Knudsen/Flickr)
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    A Generation of Intellectuals Shaped by 2008 Crash Rescues Marx From History’s Dustbin

    For those too young to remember the Cold War but old enough to be trapped by the Great Recession, Marxism holds new appeal

    byMichelle Goldberg
  • Eat, Drink, and Be Literary Event Invitation. (BAM)
    Eat, Drink, and Be Literary Event Invitation. (BAM)
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    The Family Profession

    Keith Gessen and Masha Gessen read from their new books at BAM event

    byRomy Zipken
  • (Illustration: Tablet Magazine; images: iStockphoto)
    (Illustration: Tablet Magazine; images: iStockphoto)
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    Fear Factor

    Erica Jong’s classic novel about passion, sex, and the true self has something to teach contemporary writers who have lost their humanity

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Geffen Braunstein waving an American flag after his Israeli father became a U.S. citizen.(Photoillustration: Tablet Magazine; Braunstein photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
    Geffen Braunstein waving an American flag after his Israeli father became a U.S. citizen.(Photoillustration: Tablet Magazine; Braunstein photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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    Eastern Front

    Israeli- and Russian-born immigrants are changing the face of American Jewry

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Novelist Rivka Galchen.(The Washington Post)
    Novelist Rivka Galchen.(The Washington Post)
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    All The Jewish Young Literary Men (and Women)

    Who will make The New Yorker’s under-40 cut?

    byMarc Tracy
  • (round and round by ratterrell / Robert Terrell; some rights reserved.)
    (round and round by ratterrell / Robert Terrell; some rights reserved.)
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    Writing on the Wall

    An anthology highlights the divide between sanctioned and forbidden literature

    byJoshua Cohen
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    In the Image

    A literary—but none-too-sad—Keith Gessen talks about his new novel

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