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“Here’s Greatness—in Satire” by Philip Toynbee, The Observer, June 17, 1962. Copyright © Guardian News & Media Ltd 1962.

“Some Children of the Goddess” by Norman Mailer, originally published in Esquire. Copyright © 1963 by the Norman Mailer Estate, reprinted by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC.

Excerpt from Bright Book of Life: American Novelists and Storytellers from Hemingway to Mailer by Alfred Kazin. Copyright © 1973 by the Estate of Alfred Kazin, reprinted by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC.

“The Loony Horror of It All—Catch-22 Turns 25” by John W. Aldridge, The New York Times Book Review, October 26, 1986. Reprinted by permission of John W. Aldridge papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.

“An Introduction” by Anthony Burgess. Copyright © The Estate of Anthony Burgess. Reprinted with permission.

“Joseph Heller” by Christopher Hitchens, The Nation, January 3, 2000. Reprinted with permission from The Nation. For subscription information, call 1-800-333-8536. Portions of each week’s Nation magazine can be accessed at http://www.thenation.com.