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The Unreality of Coming of Age

The Unreality of Coming of Age

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How Far Can Fascist Satire Go?

How Far Can Fascist Satire Go?

On the Troubling, Compelling Work of Curzio Malaparte

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The Reluctant Spiritual Autobiographer   

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Adrian Shirk Didn't Know What Kind of Book She Was Writing Until She Was Half-Way Through

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Pursuing the Artfully Naked

Pursuing the Artfully Naked "I": The Myth-Making of Kathy Acker

Seeking the Iconic Status of Great Writer as Countercultural Hero

By Chris Kraus | August 18, 2017

Air Travel: From Majesty to Drudgery in 100 Years

Air Travel: From Majesty to Drudgery in 100 Years

From Saint-Exupéry to DeLillo, the Way We Write About Flight

By Ellie Robins | August 18, 2017

What Poetry Can Teach Us About Power

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Political Poems Use Language in a Way Distinct from Rhetoric

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How a Book About Grover Revealed to Me the Wide World of Literature

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