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The Births and Deaths of Kathy Acker

The Births and Deaths of Kathy Acker

How a Literary Icon Remixed Identity Again and Again

By Douglas A. Martin | November 30, 2017

How David Bowie Made Life Less Suffocating for Young Queer People

How David Bowie Made Life Less Suffocating for Young Queer People

"He Was Like a Gift from the Gods"

By Darryl W. Bullock | November 28, 2017

Latin America’s Answer to Karl Ove Knausgaard

Latin America’s Answer to Karl Ove Knausgaard

On Ricardo Piglia and His Alter Ego, Emilio Renzi

By Ilan Stavans | November 14, 2017

A Holy Terror, A Common Scold, and the First Feminist Blogger

A Holy Terror, A Common Scold, and the First Feminist Blogger

On the Trial of Anne Royall, Godmother to the Muckrakers

By Jeff Biggers | November 10, 2017

<em>The Autobiography of Gucci Mane</em> Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

The Autobiography of Gucci Mane Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

So Why isn't the Literary World Paying Attention?

By Katie Fustich | November 8, 2017

The Ugandan Reporter Shedding Light on the Lives of Missing Children

The Ugandan Reporter Shedding Light on the Lives of Missing Children

How Gladys Kalibbala Found her Journalistic Calling

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My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

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The German-Jewish Refugees Who Created <em>Curious George</em>

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