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The Literature of Bad Sex

The Literature of Bad Sex

Hermione Hoby on Power, Eros, and the Perfect Timing of 'Cat Person'

By Hermione Hoby | January 18, 2018

When Your Feminist Dystopia Becomes a Work of Realism

When Your Feminist Dystopia Becomes a Work of Realism

Speaking with Leni Zumas about Her New Novel, Red Clocks

By Maddie Crum | January 18, 2018

How Alice B. Toklas Found her Voice Through Food

How Alice B. Toklas Found her Voice Through Food

On Writing Her Own Cookbook, After Gertrude Stein

By Justin Spring | January 18, 2018

I Am Different Now from the Person I Wrote in My Memoir

I Am Different Now from the Person I Wrote in My Memoir

Is a Published Memoir the Last Word?

By Molly Caro May | January 18, 2018

John Jeremiah Sullivan: There's No Such Thing as Wasted Writing

John Jeremiah Sullivan: There's No Such Thing as Wasted Writing

On Etymology, Literary Generations, and the Importance of a Notebook

By Alec Hill | January 17, 2018

Ariel Goldberg on Criticism, Queer Art, and Polemics

Ariel Goldberg on Criticism, Queer Art, and Polemics

The Estrangment Principle Author in Conversation with Syd Staiti

By Syd Saiti | January 17, 2018

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Dear Rick Moody: Half My Family Knows the Truth About Me

Dear Rick Moody: Half My Family Knows the Truth About Me

A Son Wonders About Coming Out to His Mother

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Do Audio Books Count As Reading?

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Considering Good, Evil, Nazis, and All the What-Ifs That Make a Life

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Jamie Quatro: How Should a Christian Writer Be?

Jamie Quatro: How Should a Christian Writer Be?

The author of Fire Sermon on God, sex, and Evangelical America.

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Hot Sex With Sea Monsters: A Comparative Study

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