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Susan Choi’s ‘Trust Exercise’ Demands the Reader’s Restraint
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Susan Choi’s ‘Trust Exercise’ Demands the Reader’s Restraint

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Christopher John Stephens
/ 9 May 2019

Does the experience of reading Susan Choi's Trust Exercise leave us with anything but frustration? Is it all tease and no release?

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/ 6 December 2012
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