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Michael Chabon book covers.

“The Fireworks are Fireworks”: Michael Chabon’s Joyful Sentences

ByIan Denning

Michael Chabon wrote one of my favorite sentences of all time. It’s in a story called “Blumenthal on the Air,” first published in Mademoiselle in 1987 and collected in 1991’s A Model World. I’ve forgotten what “Blumenthal on the Air” is about, but this sentence has stuck with me ever since I first read it:…

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The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “Punkin” by Dawn S. Davies

ByRoss McMeekin

You could say sentences are to words what good border collies are to sheep: Each take a disorganized group of individuals and compel them to do the collective bidding of their respective bosses. Both the author and shepherd would have a very difficult time without them. But the analogy breaks down quickly when the discussion…