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Every Publication is a Kind of Death

Every Publication is a Kind of Death

Patrick Nathan on the Beautiful Morbidity of Language

By Patrick Nathan | February 12, 2018

The Literature of Ezili, Vodou Spirit Force of Queer Black Womanhood

The Literature of Ezili, Vodou Spirit Force of Queer Black Womanhood

Why Do Artists Return Again and Again to Ezili?

By Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley | February 9, 2018

Dystopia For Sale: How a Commercialized Genre Lost its Teeth

Dystopia For Sale: How a Commercialized Genre Lost its Teeth

Overdosing on Stories of Futility Might Be Bad for Us

By Brady Gerber | February 8, 2018

Will Self: In Praise of Difficult Novels

Will Self: In Praise of Difficult Novels

Modernism is Still the Best Way to Reflect Our World Back to Us

By Will Self | February 7, 2018

'Twitter Feminists' to Katie Roiphe: This Essay is Not Very Good

'Twitter Feminists' to Katie Roiphe: This Essay is Not Very Good

Also "staggeringly boring," "dishonest," and "misdirected"

By Emily Temple | February 5, 2018

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of James Joyce's <em>Ulysses</em>

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of James Joyce's Ulysses

Or: the Ballad of Leatherbags Reynolds

By Emily Temple | February 2, 2018

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The Literature of Bad Sex

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Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Remix

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