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April 16, 2001

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Featured Pick

profiles

Been Here and Gone

John Lahr

John Lahr on the playwright who wrote “Fences,” “The Piano Lesson,” and more.

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That Last Odd Day in L.A.

Ann Beattie

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Just a Bar

Adam Gopnik