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Why Does Losing a Pet Hurt So Much?

Why Does Losing a Pet Hurt So Much?

Jacky Colliss Harvey on Our Very Human Grieving of Animal Companions

By Jacky Colliss Harvey | June 20, 2019

50 of the Best One-Star Reviews of <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>

50 of the Best One-Star Reviews of The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Pretentious, pedestrian, predictable, and pedantic."

By Emily Temple | June 20, 2019

The Writer Antonia Pont vs. Envy

The Writer Antonia Pont vs. Envy

An Examination of Envy, Jealousy, and What They Add to Our Lives

By Antonia Pont | June 20, 2019

"The Stonewall Revolution is Still Happening"

Views of Stonewall from Rita Mae Brown, Cheryl Clarke, Alexis De Veaux,
Max Wolf Valerio, and Adrian Brooks

By Corinne Segal | June 19, 2019

“Perhaps We’re Being Dense.” Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers

“Perhaps We’re Being Dense.” Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers

Some Kind, Some Weird, Some Unbelievably Harsh

By Emily Temple | June 19, 2019

On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

"I find Kathy’s stuff and have that feeling I sometimes get of not being alone."

By Teresa Rose Carmody | June 19, 2019

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What My Writing Nemesis Taught Me About Myself

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What Anne Sexton Taught Me About... Self-Promotion

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How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”

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On Movies and How to Write About Them

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Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's <em>Ulysses</em>

Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's Ulysses

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