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The Sublime, Ugly Agony of Patrick Melrose

The Sublime, Ugly Agony of Patrick Melrose

Benedict Cumberbatch shines in the new Showtime adaptation

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2018

The Unexpected Poetry of Sleeping Outside

The Unexpected Poetry of Sleeping Outside

"I’d Rather Be Huddled Somewhere and a Little Underprepared"

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How to Tell Your Family That You're Writing a Memoir

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Lit Hub Weekly: May 7 - 11, 2018

Lit Hub Weekly: May 7 - 11, 2018

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Transcendent Compositions: On Making Perfume and Writing Fiction

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Paul Bowles: 'Here's My Message. Everything Gets Worse'

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Colin Kaepernick: A True Dissident

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Rebecca Solnit on Skipping High School and California Culture

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Reading <em>The Golden Notebook</em> During a Summer of Too Many Weddings

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On Doris Lessing's Exploration of the "Free Woman"

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