Stories Related to Jonathan Baumbach, Novelist With An Experimental Bent, Dies At 85

NEIL GENZLINGER, New York Times: Obituaries
Fri, 04/05/2019 - 11:10am

Concerned about the limited interests of conventional publishers, Mr. Baumbach also helped found a publishing collective run by writers.

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