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Published Jul 2010
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by Morten Ramsland
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by Aleksandar Hemon
Published May 2009
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by Rivka Galchen
Published Apr 2009
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by Jeffrey Eugenides
Published Jan 2009
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by Cees Nooteboom
Published Nov 2008
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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