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I love angst, and will soon read Young Mungo. Anyone interested in the Russian short story writers should read George Saunders’ A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. This book is only for those who long to return to the college class room especially those who long to perfect their short story writing.Read Russians? , you say. It is too late to place sanctions on Chekhov, Tolstoy and Gogol.

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We sanction the Russian government, we can uplift the Russian writers!

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I really enjoyed Olga Dies Dreaming too and I thought it was a very good debut book. I can't wait to see what she writes next. The author also has a newsletter with The Atlantic magazine called Brooklyn, Everywhere. I look forward to seeing it in my inbox weekly.

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Oh I had no idea about this newsletter but now I will follow - thanks for the tip! And for reading :)

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