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    David Levithan: The Lover's Dictionary

    The Lover's Dictionary (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) David Levithan has written a dictionary for lovers. The entries in it could apply to any romantic relationship, and yet, as you will hear in this conversation, the specificity of the entries gives the characters unanticipated depth.

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    By Michael Silverblatt • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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