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Readings from the October 6 issue for the October 9 meeting:

• Page 7 - The Talk of the Town: David Remnick on the capacity for forgiveness
• Page 12 - Glowworms: Travels in Australia and New Zealand by Ann Patchett
• Page 38 - The Player: At ninety-two, Carol Burnett is still in demand by Rachel Syme
• Page 58 - A Critic at Large: the free-speech wars, on campus and off by Louis Menand
• Page 63 - Books: A new biography of Gertrude Stein by Judith Thurman
• Page 68 - The Current Cinema: Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" by Justin Chang