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Reconstruction, Spring 2006: a symposium on American literature, including Benjamin Kunkel's The Novel, Keith Gessen's Money, and Elif Batuman's Short Story, Philip Connors on life at the Wall Street Journal, Mark Greif's Afternoon of the Sex Children, Chad Harbach on global warming. Plus an excerpt from Gregoire Bouillier's The Mystery Guest.