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    Art: Reviews of Richard Prince, Rudolf Stingel, Kevin Landers, Banks Violette and "Glitter and Doom" at the Met.

    Books: Reviews of You Don’t Love Me Yet, by Jonathan Lethem; Bella Abzug: An Oral History, by Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom; Conjugal Love, by Alberto Moravia; On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan; and Poor People, by William T. Vollmann

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