Ben Marcus reads “Blueprints for St. Louis”

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Deborah Treisman
The Writer's Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker | Sep 26, 2017

Ben Marcus reads his story from the October 2, 2017, issue of the magazine. Marcus has published two novels and two story collections, including “The Flame Alphabet” and “Leaving the Sea,” which came out in 2014, and was shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.

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