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Jonathan Lethem Reads James Thurber

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Wood Duck

Thurber was intensely popular from the 1920s until the 50s. Now, as you say, he's not really thought of so much anymore. Why do you think we have put him lower on the reading list? He faded out instead of going out and going. There are no or very, very few late, great stories that kind of connect in memory to the earlier work.

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