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Writers Love the World’s Oldest (and Most Obvious) Metaphor

Writers Love the World’s Oldest (and Most Obvious) Metaphor

Zain Khalid on Books That Are Obsessed With Death

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The Ocean is a Lesbian: Notes on Queer Women and Water

The Ocean is a Lesbian: Notes on Queer Women and Water

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On the Life of Czech Sci-Fi Author Karel Čapek, the Man Who Coined the Term “Robot”

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these are my children or this is my country, but we’re only fooling ourselves."">Lesley Jenike: "We might say these are my children or this is my country, but we’re only fooling ourselves."

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