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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.ukbrought to you byCOREprovided by Digital Repository @ Iowa State UniversityEnglish PublicationsEnglish1-2012Keeping Pets and (Not) Eating Animals inJonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud andIncredibly CloseJeremy WithersIowa State University, withers@iastate.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/engl pubsPart of the Animal Studies Commons, and the Other English Language and Literature CommonsThe complete bibliographic information for this item can be found at http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/engl pubs/5. For information on how to cite this item, please visit http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/howtocite.html.This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the English at Digital Repository @ Iowa State University. It has been accepted for inclusion inEnglish Publications by an authorized administrator of Digital Repository @ Iowa State University. For more information, please contactdigirep@iastate.edu.
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