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Nicole Krauss on her selection:

I recently finished a collection of short stories, and while writing it I sometimes turned to Leonard Michaels to remember what\'s possible in the form, and to rest in his fluency. \\u201cIsaac\\u201d is from Michaels\\u2019s first collection, Going Places, published in 1969. I chose it because\\u2026 why did I choose it? Because it\\u2019s New York City. A hospital. Incomprehension in the face of the things that befall us. And because its language\\u2014bright, sharp, funny\\u2014is live-wire alive in the face of it all.\\u202f

The Collected Stories at Indiebound

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