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The Sunday Read: ‘How Noah Baumbach Made “White Noise” a Disaster Movie for Our Moment’

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The Toxin Is in the Air

"I could still picture my father's left arm extending off the hospital bed as he was pushed down the hall to flash us a thumbs up. I had no idea what the novel was about, so I was stunned to meet characters who were as cognizant of death as I suddenly was," says author John Sutter. After learning that the toxin is inside him, Jack says, I wish there was something I could do. "After failing to think my way to any answers with that novel for five or six consecutive summers, I grew exhausted with white noise and stopped."

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