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Sam Lipsyte:The Fun Parts

The brazen, satirical stories in Sam Lipsyte's latest book incite reactions that run the gamut from anger to outrage to sheer hilarity.

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Apr 11, 2013 • 28m Listen

    The brazen, satirical stories in

    Sam Lipsyte's

    The Fun Parts

    (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), incite reactions that run the gamut from anger to outrage to sheer hilarity. Lipsyte talks about being a "potty mouth" (as one reader once accused him), making poetry out of vile, and how language is reflecting the shifting landscape of contemporary life.

    Read an excerpt from The Fun Parts.

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