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Jane Austen’s <em>Emma</em> Was Basically Torn Apart in Workshop

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Ellen Ullman: We Have to Demystify Code

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Because Our Adversaries are Armed with Algorithms, Too

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Katherine Mansfield on the Thrilling Joy of Creation

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and your knees become apples, too?"">"When you paint apples do you feel that your breasts
and your knees become apples, too?"

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