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    Tuesday New Release Day: Smith, Jones, Jemc, Dancyger, Marantz

    by Thomas Beckwith Oct 08, 2019 6 minutes

    Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from the likes of Zadie Smith, Saeed Jones, Jac Jemc, Lilly Dancyger, Andrew Marantz, and more—that are publishing this week.

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    Grand Union by Zadie Smith

    Here’s what about : “In Smith’s smart and bewitching story collection, the novelist’s first (after the essay collection ), the modern world is refracted in ways that are both playful and rigorous, formally experimental and socially aware. A drag queen struggles with aging in ‘Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets’ as she misses the ‘fabled city of the past’ now that ‘every soul on these streets was a stranger.’ A child’s school worksheet spurs a humorous reassessment of storytelling itself in the postmodern ‘Parents’ Morning Epiphany.’ ‘Two Men Arrive in a Village,’ in

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