All about fiction.

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• When Poetry Meets Politics Robert Hass' poetic journey.
  Nathan Heller Nov. 1, 2007
  
• I Was Gordon Lish's Editor Not that he let me do any editing.
  Gerald Howard Oct. 31, 2007
  
• Is It a Chamber Pot? Nope! A century-old literary mystery, solved.
  Joshua Glenn Oct. 31, 2007
  
• The Invisible Lesbian Challenging the myth of merit-based publishing.
  Sarah Schulman Oct. 31, 2007
  
• Paradise Lost Cees Nooteboom takes on our jet-fueled millennium.
  Jess Row Oct. 31, 2007
  
• The Lost Art of the Rant How the Web revived a storied tradition of expletive-laced tirades.
  Daniel Seidel Oct. 30, 2007
  
• No Second Chances The bracing vision of William Trevor.
  Emily Johnston Oct. 30, 2007
  
• Zuckerman Unbound What should we make of Philip Roth's alter ego in his declining years?
  Stephen Metcalf Oct. 30, 2007
  
• What's Love Got To Do With It? Mario Vargas Llosa dissects an obsession.
  Michael Wood Oct. 30, 2007
  
• The Great Novel I Never Read The Sound and the Fury, Swann's Way, and other books that novelists skipped.
  Oct. 30, 2007
  
• Fall Fiction Week at Slate Slate's annual look at the novel.
  Oct. 30, 2007
  
• Fall Books Our take on this season's books.
  Timothy Noah Oct. 30, 2007