{"id":15891,"date":"2015-06-03T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T18:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=15891"},"modified":"2015-06-10T18:11:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T22:11:33","slug":"the-new-yorker-summer-fiction-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/06\/03\/the-new-yorker-summer-fiction-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>The New Yorker<\/em> Summer Fiction Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following stories were\u00a0originally published in the\u00a0June 8 &amp; 15, 2015 &#8220;Summer Fiction&#8221;\u00a0issue of\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Zadie Smith: &#8220;Escape from New York&#8221;<\/strong> (click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/06\/08\/escape-from-new-york\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>to read the story in its entirety on\u00a0<em>The New Yorker <\/em>webpage)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jonathan Safran Foer: &#8220;Love Is Blind and Deaf&#8221;<\/strong> (click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/06\/08\/love-is-blind-and-deaf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read the story in its entirety on\u00a0<em>The New Yorker <\/em>webpage)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primo Levi: &#8220;Quaestio de Centauris&#8221;<\/strong> (translated from the Italian by Jenny McPhee) (click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/06\/08\/quaestio-de-centauris\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read the story in its entirety on\u00a0<em>The New Yorker <\/em>webpage)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jonathan Franzen: &#8220;The Republic of Bad Taste&#8221;<\/strong> (click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/06\/08\/the-republic-of-bad-taste\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read the story in its entirety on\u00a0<em>The New Yorker <\/em>webpage)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Karen Russell: &#8220;The Prospectors&#8221;<\/strong> (click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/06\/08\/the-prospectors\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read the story in its entirety on\u00a0<em>The New Yorker <\/em>webpage)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/06\/03\/the-new-yorker-summer-fiction-issue\/june-8-15-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-8-15-2015.gif?fit=690%2C929&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"690,929\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"June 8 &amp;#038; 15, 2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-8-15-2015.gif?fit=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-8-15-2015.gif?fit=690%2C929&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15894\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-8-15-2015.gif?resize=371%2C500\" alt=\"June 8 &amp; 15, 2015\" width=\"371\" height=\"500\" \/> It&#8217;s that time of year! Yet, sadly, I&#8217;m not as excited as I usually am. For me, other than Levi,\u00a0these authors have been trending down, but I have no problems seeing that change with this issue. Again, we&#8217;ll provide some initial thoughts above, and we look forward to discussions about the stories and the issue in general below!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Zadie Smith: &#8220;Escape from New York&#8221;<\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/06\/03\/the-new-yorker-summer-fiction-issue\/smith-escape-from-new-york\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Smith-Escape-from-New-York.jpg?fit=915%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"915,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Smith Escape from New York\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Smith-Escape-from-New-York.jpg?fit=229%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Smith-Escape-from-New-York.jpg?fit=781%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15901\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Smith-Escape-from-New-York-229x300.jpg?resize=229%2C300\" alt=\"Smith Escape from New York\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Smith-Escape-from-New-York.jpg?resize=229%2C300&amp;ssl=1 229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Smith-Escape-from-New-York.jpg?resize=781%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 781w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Smith-Escape-from-New-York.jpg?fit=915%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/> <em>From Adrienne:<\/em> Initial impression? I think I tricked myself into some sort of word association at first &#8212; instead of &#8220;Escape from New York&#8221; it registered in my brain as something similar to <em>Escape from Alcatraz.<\/em>\u00a0It isn\u2019t that. It\u00a0is a comedy set into motion by a tragedy.\u00a0This story examined the way we search ourselves, our companions, when terror strikes and there is a moment, many moments, to reflect. I listened to it on the SoundCloud provided as I was unloading groceries.\u00a0I kept becoming upset with Zadie Smith for the ultra-feminine voice she used for the character of Michael.\u00a0It was quite distracting.\u00a0As a writer, a storyteller, couldn\u2019t she fashion another voice for him?\u00a0And then I read the Page-Turner interview with her, and discovered that the high-pitched voice was intended to be the voice of Michael Jackson. Marlon was Brandon and Elizabeth was Liz Taylor. Then the story changed even more in my head!\u00a0It became <em>more <\/em>amusing, and yet more tragic. The constant fast-food trips &#8212; not coming to a unified plan and then eating and waiting for the next meal &#8212; sounded child-like, continuing the sensation I had after the first paragraph that the narrator was a man-child.\u00a0Someone who should be able to function normally, but didn\u2019t . . . couldn\u2019t. I was unsure why I was listening to a story about the extremely wealthy and recognizable. There was a part of me that did not care about their experience with 9\/11. But I was drawn in by the macabre humor that comes only when fear, grief, are too deep to bear. I enjoyed it.\u00a0It was a story &#8212; almost like \u201cstories\u201d we read when younger &#8212; fantastic, whimsical, true emotion, not cluttered with long scenery and weather . . . It was light.\u00a0It was simple.\u00a0It was well-written.\u00a0An expansion on an urban myth that ended with a beautiful paragraph.\u00a0Ah, the wry pleasures in being normal and suffering in the exact way everyone else is. I will read now with images of &#8220;Thriller,&#8221; <em>The Godfather<\/em>, and <em>National Velvet<\/em> in my head.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Safran Foer: &#8220;Love Is Blind and Deaf&#8221;<\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/06\/03\/the-new-yorker-summer-fiction-issue\/foer-love-is-blind-and-deaf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?fit=1200%2C1182&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1182\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Foer Love Is Blind and Deaf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?fit=300%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?fit=1024%2C1009&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf-300x296.jpg?resize=300%2C296\" alt=\"Foer Love Is Blind and Deaf\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?resize=32%2C32&amp;ssl=1 32w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?resize=64%2C64&amp;ssl=1 64w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?resize=300%2C296&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?resize=1024%2C1009&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Foer-Love-Is-Blind-and-Deaf.jpg?fit=1200%2C1182&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> The last time I read anything by Foer was when he was inducted into The New Yorker&#8217;s 2010 &#8220;20 Under 40&#8221; series. I was one of the only readers here who liked &#8220;Here We Aren&#8217;t, So Quickly,&#8221; a two-page story some read as a mere gimmick. With this issue, Foer is back with another incredibly short story, this one dealing with a blind Adam and a deaf Eve who &#8220;lived together happily for a few days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m afraid I didn&#8217;t care for it. Gimmicky? Maybe not, but too clever by ten:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">And, at a certain point, with no awareness of the incremental process that had led them there, they were fully cured of their blindness and deafness. Cured, too, of their marital felicity.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #003366;\">. . . .<\/span> <span style=\"color: #003366;\">And then the first bruises spread across the first knees, as the first humans whispered the first prayers: <em>Diminish me until I\u00a0 can bear it<\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #003366;\">But God refused them, or ignored them, or simply didn&#8217;t exist enough.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For me, the story was fake. &#8220;It worked until it didn&#8217;t.&#8221; Excuse me? Cleverness, on its own,\u00a0is not profound. The ending is not clever, though, and certainly seeks to be profound on its own. Instead, it&#8217;s just a mess.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Primo Levi: &#8220;Quaestio de Centauris&#8221;<\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/06\/03\/the-new-yorker-summer-fiction-issue\/levi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Levi.jpg?fit=917%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"917,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Levi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Levi.jpg?fit=229%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Levi.jpg?fit=783%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15899\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Levi-229x300.jpg?resize=229%2C300\" alt=\"Levi\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Levi.jpg?resize=229%2C300&amp;ssl=1 229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Levi.jpg?resize=783%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 783w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Levi.jpg?fit=917%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/> It&#8217;s always nice to see\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em> find something from the past that, until now,\u00a0few have seen.\u00a0Earlier this year, we got a story from Isaac Bashevis Singer, which I enjoyed, and now\u00a0we get one from\u00a0Primo Levi, who killed himself in 1987. His writings are supremely important, and I&#8217;ve heard good things about this particular story already. I&#8217;m looking forward to this one, and I look forward to the thoughts below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Franzen: &#8220;The Republic of Bad Taste&#8221;<\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/06\/03\/the-new-yorker-summer-fiction-issue\/franzen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Franzen.jpg?fit=881%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"881,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Franzen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Franzen.jpg?fit=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Franzen.jpg?fit=752%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15898\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Franzen-220x300.jpg?resize=220%2C300\" alt=\"Franzen\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Franzen.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Franzen.jpg?resize=752%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 752w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Franzen.jpg?fit=881%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 881w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/> Oh dear. I knew this excerpt from Franzen&#8217;s forthcoming novel, <em>Purity<\/em>, was coming, but when I heard it would be included in the Summer Fiction issue I was sad. Is anyone going to read this &#8220;story&#8221;? Is anyone going to read the novel? Next.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Karen Russell: &#8220;The Prospectors&#8221;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15897\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/06\/03\/the-new-yorker-summer-fiction-issue\/russell-the-prospectors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Russell-The-Prospectors.jpg?fit=872%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"872,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Russell The Prospectors\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Russell-The-Prospectors.jpg?fit=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Russell-The-Prospectors.jpg?fit=744%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Russell-The-Prospectors-218x300.jpg?resize=218%2C300\" alt=\"Russell The Prospectors\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Russell-The-Prospectors.jpg?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Russell-The-Prospectors.jpg?resize=744%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 744w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Russell-The-Prospectors.jpg?fit=872%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/strong> I used to look forward to stories from Karen Russell, the second alum from 2010&#8217;s &#8220;20 Under 40&#8221; here, who also had a story in last year&#8217;s fiction issue. For the last few years, though, mostly since her debut novel <em>Swamplandia!<\/em>, I haven&#8217;t liked much of her work. Again, it always feels too clever, any profundity an illusion rather than true. Still, I find myself curious here. I look forward to thoughts below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2015 summer fiction issue of <em>The New Yorker<\/em> is now available, featuring stories from Zadie Smith, Jonathan Safran Foer, Primo Levi, Jonathan Franzen, and Karen Russell. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/06\/03\/the-new-yorker-summer-fiction-issue\"><u>Read the full 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