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My new novel, coming to you from Tortoise Books on November 24, 2026
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Marty Mauser, My Father
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Marty Mauser, My Father
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Good for the Jews: Jay Kelly
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On Not Reading Jonathan Franzen
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Meeting John Cheever
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Sing of Human Unsuccess
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The Last Words of Jack Ruby
My new novel, coming to you from Tortoise Books on November 24, 2026
Dec 9, 2025
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Joshua Corey
14
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Hemingway's Jewish Boxer
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History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awake
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No Action
History, the novel, and the historical novel, with special reference to Brandon Taylor, Ross Barkan, and Elvis Costello
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Marty Mauser, My Father
Cut by an uncut gem
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The Last Words of Jack Ruby
My new novel, coming to you from Tortoise Books on November 24, 2026
Dec 9, 2025
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Joshua Corey
14
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History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awake
Political violence and historical fiction
Sep 12, 2025
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Joshua Corey
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Truth, beauty, and ChatGPT
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Jul 20, 2025
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De-transcendence, baby
Our political-aesthetic problem
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Minor Characters: The Fantastical Mr. Fox
The homunculus of shame, with a perhaps surprising excursus on Richard Linklater's Blue Moon.
Oct 30, 2025
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Minor Characters: Napoleon Bonaparte
The tyrant as vibe
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The Gentleman's Relish
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Minor Characters: Louisa the Spy
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Hemingway's Jewish Boxer
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Sing of Human Unsuccess
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No Action
History, the novel, and the historical novel, with special reference to Brandon Taylor, Ross Barkan, and Elvis Costello
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The Adorable Weakness of James Schuyler
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Marty Mauser, My Father
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Watching Peter Hujar's Day
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Making Waves with Lynda Barry, Richard Linklater, and Jean-Luc Godard
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The hawthorns
between telling and showing
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Concord, Chapter 12
Are you my mother?
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Concord, Chapter 11
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Concord, Chapter 10
Higher ground
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On Writing
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The Last Words of Jack Ruby
My new novel, coming to you from Tortoise Books on November 24, 2026
Dec 9, 2025
•
Joshua Corey
14
7
3
Making Waves with Lynda Barry, Richard Linklater, and Jean-Luc Godard
A day with the Near-Sighted Monkey and friends
Nov 22, 2025
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Joshua Corey
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Hemingway's Jewish Boxer
Robert Cohn, Harold Loeb, and The Sun Also Rises
Oct 20, 2025
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Joshua Corey
12
5
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History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awake
Political violence and historical fiction
Sep 12, 2025
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Joshua Corey
13
2
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Watching Peter Hujar's Day
What I remember about what they remembered
Nov 27, 2025
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Joshua Corey
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11
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Making Waves with Lynda Barry, Richard Linklater, and Jean-Luc Godard
A day with the Near-Sighted Monkey and friends
Nov 22, 2025
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Joshua Corey
4
2
Minor Characters: The Fantastical Mr. Fox
The homunculus of shame, with a perhaps surprising excursus on Richard Linklater's Blue Moon.
Oct 30, 2025
•
Joshua Corey
8
2
3
Hemingway's Jewish Boxer
Robert Cohn, Harold Loeb, and The Sun Also Rises
Oct 20, 2025
•
Joshua Corey
12
5
5
Minor Characters: Napoleon Bonaparte
The tyrant as vibe
Sep 25, 2025
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Joshua Corey
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History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awake
Political violence and historical fiction
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Joshua Corey
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Minor Characters: Pretty Jagiello
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Joshua Corey
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Minor Characters: Louisa the Spy
Who's laughing now?
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