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Magazine: 2008 Summer Reading Issue

Real Life

BY JULIA GLASS

She was ready to learn about the world beyond home. Well into adulthood, she sees the true lesson. » Read | Discuss

My Explosion

BY JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER

With help from many voices, a writer tries to comprehend the fury of one terrible day at summer camp. » Read This Story

Arrival

BY HA JIN

A student must leave his family in China to study the great American writers. » Read This Story

Splendid Isolation

BY CHERYL STRAYED

As her family builds its house on a remote stretch of land, a teenager dreams of a room of her own. » Read This Story

Discussions

Monday, July 14 at 12 Noon ET
Julia Glass, author of Three Junes and the upcoming I See You Everywhere will be online Monday, July 14, at Noon ET to discuss her Washington Post Magazine memoir, Real Life, and her other works.

More From the Magazine

Valentine's Fiction: Our 2008 issue features stories by Stuart Dybek, Julia Alvarez, Julie Orringer, Walter Kirn, and the winner of our contest.

Summer Reading 2007: Our 2007 issue featured stories by Ann Patchett, Terry McMillan, Nathan Englander, Rick Moody and Nicholas Montemarano.

Complete Magazine Contents

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