Jennifer Egan on How to Create Your Own Rules at PEN

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May 15, 201200:50:47Arts

Earlier in May, Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief for the Slate group, and author Jennifer Egan discussed Egan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, genre-busting novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, and her writing process at The New S...

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