The Believer – May 2005

Issue twenty-four

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The Believer – May 2005

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Interviews

An Interview with Craig Venter
thinkers
An Interview with Tobias Wolff
writers
An Interview with Yo La Tengo
musicians
An Interview with Steve Martin
actors

Departments

beings

Amy Barrett

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Essays

The Conlangers’ Art

Annalee Newitz

Church of Monsters

Dorna Khazeni

The New World: or, How Frederic Tuten Discovered a Continent

Paul La Farge

Saving Private Ryan and the Politics of Deception

Jim Shepard

Welcome to the Almost Cult-Like Fan-World of American Womens’ Pro Basketball

Stephanie Burt

Comics

Four-Color Comics: Holiday Frolics

Michael Kupperman

Columns

Sedaratives: Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris

La Zona Fantasma: The Anachronistic Attraction

Javier Marías

Stuff I’ve Been Reading: May 2005

Nick Hornby

Interviews

An Interview with Craig Venter
thinkers
An Interview with Tobias Wolff
writers
An Interview with Yo La Tengo
musicians
An Interview with Steve Martin
actors

The Field

A Review of: The Untelling by Tayari Jones

Susan Straight

A Review of: The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe

Jessica Winter

A Review of: The Bewildered by Peter Rock

Morgan Meis

A Review of: Before Elvis There Was Nothing by Laurie Foos

Mary Guterson

A Review of: Pennyweight Windows by Donald Revell

Stephanie Burt

A Review of: My Life in CIA by Harry Mathews

Matthew Derby

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