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A Close Reading of
True Grit
's Perfect First Paragraph
Charles Portis’s Classic as an Object Lesson in Creating Character
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Emily Temple
| May 18, 2018
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RIP a Giant of American Letters
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Emily Temple
| May 15, 2018
The Sublime, Ugly Agony of Patrick Melrose
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Emily Temple
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22 Photos of Famous Authors and Their Moms
Happy Mother's Day
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Emily Temple
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The 12 Most Popular Libraries in the World
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Emily Temple
| May 10, 2018
A Brief History of Seven-Figure Book Advances
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Emily Temple
| May 8, 2018
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50 Pulp Cover Treatments of Classic Works of Literature
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The Best 90s Screen Adaptations of Shakespeare, Ranked
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The Meanest Things Vladimir Nabokov Said About Other Writers
"Many accepted authors simply do not exist for me."
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Emily Temple
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When Kathy Acker Interviewed the Spice Girls
"Money makes the world what it is today . . . a world infested with evil."
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Emily Temple
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"Intuition is Essential." Writing Advice from Gabriel García Márquez
Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. Both are very hard work.
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Emily Temple
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