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One Man's Literary Crusade to Uncensor Sex in America

One Man's Literary Crusade to Uncensor Sex in America

On Gershon Legman, Original Sex-Positive Hipster Intellectual

By Susan G. Davis | December 18, 2019

Audiobooks Are Very Easy to Gift-Wrap: Your Last-Minute Holiday Recs

Audiobooks Are Very Easy to Gift-Wrap: Your Last-Minute Holiday Recs

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By James Tate Hill | December 18, 2019

The Pain, Hidden in Plain Sight, of John Cheever's Darkest Work

The Pain, Hidden in Plain Sight, of John Cheever's Darkest Work

Rick Moody on Bullet Park

By Rick Moody | December 18, 2019

How Do Some Authors “Lose Control” of Their Characters?

How Do Some Authors “Lose Control” of Their Characters?

Is it the Mysterious Work of the Unconscious, or the Mechanized Brain?

By Jim Davies | December 18, 2019

Unearthing the Stories of Australia's Working Class

Unearthing the Stories of Australia's Working Class

Enza Gandolfo on Finding Herself in the Novels of Dorothy Hewitt

By Enza Gandolfo | December 18, 2019

Deported at the Dawn of the Syrian War

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After a Decade in the US, Lawand Kiki was Forced
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How a Mathematical Model Rescued My Book About Math

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A Season of Books Takes Stock<br> of #MeToo

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For Elena Ferrante, What Distinguishes Conventional Male and Female Friendships?

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The Liberating Messiness of the Neapolitan Quartet Friendship

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