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The Believer September 2005
We Need Heart-Touching, Soul-Penetrating Stories! by Jessica Lamb-Shapiro The wisdom of philosophy, psychology, and religion, all boiled down to one best-selling formula. Aardvark Politick by Douglas Wolk Dave Sim’s Cerebus, while at times idiosyncratically misogynistic, realizes an incredible twenty-seven-year project of comic-book brilliance. On George W.S. Trow’s The Harvard Black Rock Forest and His Formally Unique Cultural Criticism by Greg Bottoms George W. S. Trow’s pre-post-structuralist fight against basic cultural stupidity. The Periscopic Penis of Protagonist P by James Browning J. P. Donleavy’s characters are obsessed with accents and incomes. He’s obsessed with their erections. Tom Stoppard interviewed by Adam Thirlwell The playwright enjoys a cricket match, and explains why it’s odd for bicycle makers to stop making bicycles post-9/11. FULL TEXT Mark Mothersbaugh interviewed by Maura Kelly The lead singer for Devo also wrote the music for Pee-wee’s Playhouse and the last few Wes Anderson films. Sarah Silverman interviewed by Tim Bennett Email dispatches from the now Xanax-free comedienne on the inherent humor of Marlo Thomas shitting on a coffee table. I Review Books Based on One Random Sentence by Jack Pendarvis Daniel Borzutzky’s Arbitrary Tales reviewed by Adam Novy Wesley Stace’s Misfortune reviewed by Chris Bachelder FULL TEXT Kirstin Allio’s Garner reviewed by Heather Birrell Aimee Bender’s Willful Creatures reviewed by Margaret Wappler Lydia Millet’s Oh Pure and Radiant Heart reviewed by Meredith Phillips David Allan Cates’s X Out of Wonderland: A Saga reviewed by Lara Tupper Light: Brown Mountain Lights by Rebecca Bengal Stuff I’ve Been Reading by Nick Hornby La Zona Fantasma by Javier Marías Sedaratives by Amy Sedaris Nibble, Lick, Suck, and Feast by Davy Rothbart The founder of Found magazine traveled across the country and appeared on 139 local morning news shows to often riotous effect. Schema: Self-Help Venn Diagrams by Rachel Meresman Four-Color Comics: “Storm Cloudfront’s Julius Caesar” by Michael Kupperman
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