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    Adam Levin: Hot Pink

    Adam Levin on how behavior, B.F. Skinner, and his own training to be a therapist influenced his wild and crazy collection of stories.

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    By Michael Silverblatt • May 17, 2012 • 29m Listen

    The wild and crazy stories in

    Hot Pink

    (McSweeney's) have the mad, comic energy of the Marx Brothers.

    Adam Levin, who trained to be therapist, is influenced by the controversial behaviorist B.F. Skinner. These short stories are meticulously crafted as he keenly observes human behavior while the dialogue of his characters disguises and manipulates in classic Skinner fashion.

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      Michael Silverblatt

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