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FX’s <em>Great Expectations</em> Doesn’t Measure Up

FX’s Great Expectations Doesn’t Measure Up

Steven Knight’s Miniseries Makes Interesting Points About Empire and Womanhood, but They Get Lost in a Sea of Gratuitous Darkness

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Leslye Penelope on the Historic 1919 Trial That Fueled Her New Magical Heist Novel

Leslye Penelope on the Historic 1919 Trial That Fueled Her New Magical Heist Novel

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

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Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red is Way Funnier Than You Remember

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