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Hot Sex With Sea Monsters: A Comparative Study

Hot Sex With Sea Monsters: A Comparative Study

Or, Why is Mrs. Caliban So Much More Convincing Than The Shape of Water?

By Emily Temple | January 9, 2018

Mothers, Daughters, Lovers: On the Groundbreaking Art of Kathleen Collins

Mothers, Daughters, Lovers: On the Groundbreaking Art of Kathleen Collins

Danielle Jackson Finds Inspiration in Whatever Happened to Interracial Love

By Danielle Jackson | January 3, 2018

J.M. Coetzee: Eight Ways of Looking at Samuel Beckett

J.M. Coetzee: Eight Ways of Looking at Samuel Beckett

Imagining Professor Kafka and Beckett on the Beach

By J.M. Coetzee | January 2, 2018

Haunted by the Ghosts of Henry James and Jean Rhys

Haunted by the Ghosts of Henry James and Jean Rhys

Maud Casey on the Mysteries of Literature

By Maud Casey | January 2, 2018

Ali Smith on the Prescient Genius of J.G. Ballard

Ali Smith on the Prescient Genius of J.G. Ballard

Super-Cannes: A Perfect Novel of the Millenium

By Ali Smith | December 28, 2017

Is <em>Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas</em> a Work of Genius?

Is Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas a Work of Genius?

On Russell and Lillian Hoban, Giants of 20th-Century Children's Literature

By Rebecca Rego Barry | December 20, 2017

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The Privilege of Plotlessness

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A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2017

The Bloody Catharsis of Femme Revenge

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A Critically Misguided (and Ultimately Meaningless) Tradition

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Creativity and Advocacy Are No More (Or Less) Selfish Than Motherhood

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Revelations Upon Learning Kafka's Niece Knows My Name

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Gennady Aygi's Meditations on a Master

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

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A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

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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

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