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Mary Ann Kohli's book, for instance, contributes to the literature about contemporary writers like Thomas Pynchon and William Vollmann. Cosmic Christ is a lucid portrayal of the character of this nation's personal, inner debate on redemption andits price, through close readings of Pynchon, Bellow, Updike, Didion and Vollmann. Paul Hughes' book Deconstruct is based on his online journal entries and emails, collected to reflect the ups and downs of a young artist struggling with issues of love, meaning, and loyalty. It's not quite Belles Lettres, because much of this writing was public from the start. It's a brand new genre, really, and this is the first time anywhere that the world has seen it in book form.