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September 22, 2008

The New Yorker cover for September 22, 2008: “The Race Is On,” by Barry Blitt.

“The Race Is On,” by Barry Blitt.

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The Noble Truths of Suffering

Aleksandar Hemon

Short story about a Bosnian man’s encounter with a famous American novelist in Sarajevo. The American Ambassador’s house in Sarajevo was a huge, ugly …