The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature
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Neal Pollack
Neal Pollack (born March 1, 1970) is an American satirist, novelist, short story writer, and journalist. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Pollack has written four books: The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature, Never Mind the Pollacks, Beneath the Axis of Evil, and Alternadad. He is a...
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