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    Gary Bar­win
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    Mered­ith Goldstein
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    The Bible of Dirty Jokes
    Eileen Pol­lack
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    Kei­th Gessen
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    The Two-Plate Solu­tion: A Nov­el Of Culi­nary May­hem In The Mid­dle East
    Jeff Oliv­er
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    Spring­field Con­fi­den­tial: Jokes, Secrets, and Out­right Lies from a Life­time Writ­ing for The Simpsons
    Mike Reiss
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    Mar­i­lyn Simon Rothstein
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    Look Alive Out There
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    The Château: A Novel
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    Eri­ca S. Perl
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    December 4, 2017
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