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For Paris Review, Katie Roiphe coaxes some thoughts on reporting from a reluctant Janet Malcolm, author of The Journalist and the Murderer: "I learned the same truth about subjects that the analyst learns about patients: they will tell their story to anyone who will listen to it, and the story will not be affected by the behavior or personality of the listener; just as ('good enough') analysts are interchangeable, so are journalists."
