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Articles posted by Nathan Smith
Nathan Smith
Nathan Smith is a books and culture writer based in Brooklyn, New York. His writing has appeared in
The Washington Post, The Atlantic,
and
The New Republic
. He tweets @nathansmithr
Seeking Solace in
Go Ask Alice
as a Queer Teen
Nathan Smith Finds Hints of Hope in a Literary Hoax
October 19, 2021 By
Nathan Smith
0
How
Peyton Place
Comforted Me as a Closeted Teenager
Revisiting Grace Metalious's Notorious Novel 60 Years Later
September 26, 2016 By
Nathan Smith
1
On the Barbizon Hotel, and the Women Writers Who Lived There
Where “Small-Town” Girls Tried to Make it in Manhattan
August 23, 2016 By
Nathan Smith
5
How Sylvia Plath’s Rare Honors Thesis Helped Me Understand My Divided Self
On the Poet's Understanding of Dostoevsky—and Herself
April 26, 2016 By
Nathan Smith
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