The Believer – May 2005

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The Believer – May 2005

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Interviews

An Interview with Steve Martin
actors
An Interview with Yo La Tengo
musicians
An Interview with Tobias Wolff
writers
An Interview with Craig Venter
thinkers

Departments

beings

Amy Barrett

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Essays

Welcome to the Almost Cult-Like Fan-World of American Womens’ Pro Basketball

Stephanie Burt

Saving Private Ryan and the Politics of Deception

Jim Shepard

The New World: or, How Frederic Tuten Discovered a Continent

Paul La Farge

Church of Monsters

Dorna Khazeni

The Conlangers’ Art

Annalee Newitz

Comics

Four-Color Comics: Holiday Frolics

Michael Kupperman

Columns

Stuff I’ve Been Reading: May 2005

Nick Hornby

La Zona Fantasma: The Anachronistic Attraction

Javier Marías

Sedaratives: Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris

Interviews

An Interview with Steve Martin
actors
An Interview with Yo La Tengo
musicians
An Interview with Tobias Wolff
writers
An Interview with Craig Venter
thinkers

Reviews

A Review of: Before Elvis There Was Nothing by Laurie Foos

Mary Guterson

A Review of: The Untelling by Tayari Jones

Susan Straight

A Review of: Pennyweight Windows by Donald Revell

Stephanie Burt

A Review of: The Bewildered by Peter Rock

Morgan Meis

A Review of: My Life in CIA by Harry Mathews

Matthew Derby

A Review of: The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe

Jessica Winter

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