The Literal (and Figurative) Whiteness of<br> <em>Moby Dick</em>

The Literal (and Figurative) Whiteness of
Moby Dick

For Herman Melville, the Color White Could Be Horrifyingly Bleak

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 1, 2019

Dear Internet: <em>The Little Mermaid</em> Also Happens to Be Queer Allegory

Dear Internet: The Little Mermaid Also Happens to Be Queer Allegory

On the Origins of Hans Christian Andersen's Fable
of Frustrated Affection

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 12, 2019

How Alison Bechdel Understands Her Life as Fiction

How Alison Bechdel Understands Her Life as Fiction

Gabrielle Bellot on the Groundbreaking Memoir Fun Home

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 26, 2019

How to Eulogize an Animal

How to Eulogize an Animal

Gabrielle Bellot on Pablo Neruda, Virginia Woolf, and Saying Goodbye to Dead Pets

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 12, 2019

Gabrielle Bellot on the Dreamy, Queer Beauty of <em>On a Sunbeam</em>

Gabrielle Bellot on the Dreamy, Queer Beauty of On a Sunbeam

The Moody, Women-Centered Graphic Novel Space Opera
We Need Right Now

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 28, 2019

James Baldwin in Paris: On the Virtuosic Shame of <em>Giovanni's Room</em>

James Baldwin in Paris: On the Virtuosic Shame of Giovanni's Room

"If France proffered him love, it also bathed him in a peculiar shade of loneliness."

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 25, 2019

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Same Phony Fear, Different Decade:
On the Damaging Discourse Around Trans Rights

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How Jamaica Kincaid Helped Me Understand My Mother

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Even If Netflix's One Hundred Years of Solitude Inspires Wonder, Will It Be Enough?

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 8, 2019

What Barry Jenkins Missed in His Adaptation of <em>If Beale Street Could Talk</em>

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Gabrielle Bellot Thinks James Baldwin Deserves Better

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In Praise of the Difficult: On Marianne Moore, Defiant Poet of Complexity

In Praise of the Difficult: On Marianne Moore, Defiant Poet of Complexity

Gabrielle Bellot: "I’m accustomed to difficulty."

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 5, 2019

On Danticat, Camus, and the Art of Exile

On Danticat, Camus, and the Art of Exile

Gabrielle Bellot Reminds Us That Immigrant Art is American Art

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 30, 2019

When Even the Greatest of Writers Grapples with Self-Doubt

When Even the Greatest of Writers Grapples with Self-Doubt

Gabrielle Bellot on W.B. Yeats and the Fine Line Between Arrogance and Humility

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 28, 2019

On Sylvia Plath and the Many Shades of Depression

On Sylvia Plath and the Many Shades of Depression

Gabrielle Bellot Considers How a Writer's Work is Measured Against Her Death

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 13, 2018

Gabrielle Bellot: The Story I Kept Hidden

Gabrielle Bellot: The Story I Kept Hidden

On Brett Kavanaugh, Sexual Assault, and Not Staying Silent

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 11, 2018

Gabrielle Bellot: On the Enigma of V.S. Naipaul

Gabrielle Bellot: On the Enigma of V.S. Naipaul

Bigoted, Violent, and Swirling with Contradictions

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 14, 2018

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