“Laughter From the Gallows”

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Marcus, Ben. 2015. “Laughter From the Gallows”. New York Times Book Review, Joy Williams: Honored Guest, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/joy-williams/item/1127

Title: “Laughter From the Gallows”
Description: Tearsheet of a review of The Visiting Privilege; This glowing review by a major American author centers on the bleakness and humor in Williams’ fiction and imagines her as a prosecutor for all of humanity.
Creator: Marcus, Ben
Date: 2015: September 27
Subject: Williams, Joy, 1944- Visiting Privilege
Publisher: New York Times Book Review
Source: Joy Williams Papers
Box 32
Type: Clipping
Format: Paper; JPEG, 400 ppi
Rights: https://catalog.wustl.edu:443/record=b1945110~S2
Identifier: mss158-03_11-32-025
Language: English

Item sets: Joy Williams: Honored Guest

Site pages: The Visiting Privilege

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