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On the Dark(er) Side of the Perpetually Dark Edward Gorey

On the Dark(er) Side of the Perpetually Dark Edward Gorey

From Wittgenstein to The Golden Girls, a Man of Varied Interests

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 3, 2017

Some of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Best Characters Were Dead People

Some of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Best Characters Were Dead People

On Love, Death, and Life in the Work of a Master

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 17, 2017

How Many Shakespeares Were There?

How Many Shakespeares Were There?

On Authorship, Erasure, and the Myth of the Great Solitary Writer

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 5, 2017

Derek Walcott: Poet of Twilight, Poet of the Caribbean

Derek Walcott: Poet of Twilight, Poet of the Caribbean

Gabrielle Bellot on the Late Nobel Laureate

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 20, 2017

Transhumanism: More Nightmare Than Dream?

Transhumanism: More Nightmare Than Dream?

Gabrielle Bellot on the Shadowy Line Between Human and Machine

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 27, 2017

M*lo Might Be Done, But His Transphobia Lingers

M*lo Might Be Done, But His Transphobia Lingers

Gabrielle Bellot on the Normalization of Hate

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 22, 2017

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We See What We Want: On the Ever-Widening Political Divide

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 19, 2017

Kurt Vonnegut's Atheist Marvels, Just in Time For Christmas

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What Counts As Transgender Literature?

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On the Writing(s) of Kai Cheng Thom, and the Elusiveness of Categories

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Finding Empathy in the Face of Hate

Finding Empathy in the Face of Hate

Gabrielle Bellot Grapples with Deep American Divisions and Fascism Ascendent

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A Young Woman Called Death...

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On Neil Gaiman, the Sandman Series, and the Way We Gender the Grim Reaper

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Odd, Weird, Scary: 12 Books to Read This Halloween Night

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Gabrielle Bellot Goes Beyond the Seasonal Standards

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Brit Bennett on Place, Isolation, and What it Means to Be Good

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Gabrielle Bellot in conversation with the author of The Mothers

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 14, 2016

Why Every American Should Read <em>The Reluctant Fundamentalist</em>

Why Every American Should Read The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Gabrielle Bellot on Radical Difference in the Age of Trump

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 5, 2016

The Magic of Miyazaki's Literary Imagination

The Magic of Miyazaki's Literary Imagination

On Studio Ghibli's Rich Literary DNA

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 9, 2016

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