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“Pale Fire” (Tavi’s Version): Notes on Taylor Swift and the Literature of Obsessive Fandom

“Pale Fire” (Tavi’s Version): Notes on Taylor Swift and the Literature of Obsessive Fandom

Leigh Stein Considers Tavi Gevinson’s New Zine, “Fan Fiction”

By Leigh Stein | April 19, 2024

BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

Leigh Stein Wonders Why More Book People Don’t Embrace the Publishing Juggernaut

By Leigh Stein | February 13, 2023

Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

On the Extraordinary Work of Diarists to Create Meaning from Dramatic, Quotidian Times

By Leigh Stein | January 13, 2022

How My Passion Project Led to Burnout: On the Bittersweet Rewards of Creative Risks

How My Passion Project Led to Burnout: On the Bittersweet Rewards of Creative Risks

Leigh Stein Considers Life as a Working Writer and the Challenges of Forming an Alternative to AWP

By Leigh Stein | November 29, 2021

How to End a Memoir Without Getting Married

How to End a Memoir Without Getting Married

Leigh Stein on trumping the traditional female narrative

By Leigh Stein | August 2, 2016

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