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33 Portraits of Flannery O'Connor

33 Portraits of Flannery O'Connor

Because Good Fan Art is Hard to Find

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2018

"Write a Sentence as Clean as a Bone" And Other Advice from James Baldwin

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By Emily Temple | August 2, 2018

Watch a Mansplain-y Scene from the Adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's <em>The Wife</em>

Watch a Mansplain-y Scene from the Adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's The Wife

In Which an Older Male Writer Gives Feedback to a Younger Female Writer...

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2018

13 Punk (as Fuck) Writers You Should Know

13 Punk (as Fuck) Writers You Should Know

Leather Jackets and Leather-Bound Journals

By Emily Temple | August 1, 2018

<em>Wuthering Heights</em> is a Virgin's Story, and Other Opinions of Brontë's Classic

Wuthering Heights is a Virgin's Story, and Other Opinions of Brontë's Classic

200 Years of Writers Weighing in on Wuthering Heights

By Emily Temple | July 30, 2018

There is Such a Thing as Talent: Elizabeth Hardwick on Writing

There is Such a Thing as Talent: Elizabeth Hardwick on Writing

The Brilliant Novelist and Essayist Tells it Like it Is

By Emily Temple | July 27, 2018

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How to Copy Your Favorite Authors' Best Beach Looks

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Not Everyone Loves Proust

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Holden Caulfield: Egotistical Whiner or Melancholy Boy Genius?

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