How Octavia Butler Encouraged Me to Write My Novel

How Octavia Butler Encouraged Me to Write My Novel

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Am I the Asshole For Abandoning My First Love, Fantasy?

Am I the Asshole For Abandoning My First Love, Fantasy?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

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Russian Literature Does Not Belong to the Russian State

Russian Literature Does Not Belong to the Russian State

Katie Kelaidis on the Winners of This Year’s Dar Prize

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Surrendering to Subjectivity: In Praise of Maggie Nelson’s <em>The Argonauts</em>

Surrendering to Subjectivity: In Praise of Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts

Arved Ashby on Rejecting Narrative Avoidance and Finding Inspiration in the First Person

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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“The truth about Life of M is that the book isn’t really about Natalie Portman at all.”

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On the Carceral Ideology Underpinning the Anti-Trans Movement

On the Carceral Ideology Underpinning the Anti-Trans Movement

S. Lamble Explores the Influence of Safety Politics on Organized Transphobia in the United Kingdom and Across the Globe

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In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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Daisy Dixon on the History and Future of “Dangerous” Art in the Western World

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What Happens When You Mail 30 Writers Free Lit Mags?

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Thomas Meyer Takes a Look at the Famed Intellectual’s Examination of an Ancient Hatred

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A Wealthy Donor to My University Just Silenced One of the World’s Leading Scholars of Genocide

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