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The author wishes to express his deep gratitude to the University of Washington for the Loren Douglas Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence position, which enabled him to finish this book.

Copyright © 2022 by David Shields

All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Shields, David, 1956– author.

Title: The very last interview / by David Shields.

Description: New York : New York Review Books, [2022]

Identifiers: LCCN 2021027766 (print) | LCCN 2021027767 (ebook) | ISBN 9781681376424 (paperback) | ISBN 9781681376431 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Shields, David, 1956– —Miscellanea.

Classification: LCC PS3569.H4834 Z46 2022 (print) | LCC PS3569.H4834 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021027766

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021027767

ISBN 978-1-68137-643-1

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