Deborah Treisman talks with Jennifer Egan about her story “Black Box.”

The New Yorker: Out Loud | May 14, 2015
This week's issue of the magazine is the Science Fiction issue. Here Deborah Treisman talks with Jennifer Egan about her story "Black Box," written as a series of Tweets. And Jonathan Lethem, Junot Diaz, and Sam Lipsyte share their science-fiction thoughts and book recommendations.This week's issue of the magazine is the Science Fiction issue. Here Deborah Treisman talks with Jennifer Egan about her story "Black Box," written as a series of Tweets. And Jonathan Lethem, Junot Diaz, and Sam Lipsyte share their science-fiction thoughts and book recommendations.

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