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    Tao Lin: Shoplifting from American Apparel

    Though he’s had five books published, Tao Lin is not yet thirty. Yet, for all his industriousness, he expresses the apathy and emptiness felt by many of his generation.

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

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