Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?

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Watch the Only Existing Footage of Clarice Lispector

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"I think that when I'm not writing I'm dead."

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A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

On War, Satire, and the Novels of Irène Némirovsky

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Why I Hate Christmas (But Love Songs About Hating Christmas)

Why I Hate Christmas (But Love Songs About Hating Christmas)

Why the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Can Be Pretty Damn Sad

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Reading Kobo Abe with One Eye on Edgar Allan Poe

Reading Kobo Abe with One Eye on Edgar Allan Poe

Scott Beauchamp on the Literary Transmission of Mystery

By Scott Beauchamp | December 11, 2017

William H. Gass's Advice for Writers:

William H. Gass's Advice for Writers: "You Have to be Grimly Determined."

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