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Miranda July (AP/Richard Shotwell)

The supreme weirdness of Miranda July: How her debut novel gives “effortless” new meaning

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Meghan Daum (meghandaum.com/David Zaugh)

Meghan Daum won’t apologize: How she forged a new genre of confessional writing

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James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos" (HBO/Salon)

What Richard Ford owes to David Chase: How Frank Bascombe turned into Tony Soprano

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The gospel of Ephron: What Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham’s books have in common

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Inside the cage: This book blows the lid off the world of mixed martial arts

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“If your child needs socking, sock him!”: How reading about pregnancy almost ruined me

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Emily Gould (Simon & Schuster/Salon)

Part sendup, part anxious self-portrait: “Friendship” and the new Brooklyn novel

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