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James Wallenstein

James Wallenstein is author of a novel, The Arriviste. His work has appeared in GQ, The Believer, Jacket, The Hudson Review, and The Antioch Review

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Geoff Dyer’s unlikely terms of engagement.

James Wallenstein

On the writings of V. S. Naipaul.

James Wallenstein

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