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The Importance of Being Orwell

The Importance of Being Orwell

Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell's Social Evolution

By Christopher Hitchens | December 22, 2015

Men Explain <em>Lolita </em>to Me

Men Explain Lolita to Me

Rebecca Solnit: Art Makes the World, and It Can Break Us

By Rebecca Solnit | December 17, 2015

Silence: Tool, Weapon, Gift, Myth?

Silence: Tool, Weapon, Gift, Myth?

On John Cage, Muzak, Noise, Torture, and More

By Michael Fallon | December 15, 2015

Writers at Work: The Year in Collected Essays

Writers at Work: The Year in Collected Essays

On 12 Books (and 4,554 Pages) by Journalists, Critics, Columnists, and Contributors

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 14, 2015

Knausgaard Writes Like a Woman

Knausgaard Writes Like a Woman

Siri Hustvedt on Gendered Literature and the Feminization of Feelings

By Siri Hustvedt | December 10, 2015

A Lost Literary Legend of Iowa City

A Lost Literary Legend of Iowa City

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By Matthew Neill Null | December 10, 2015

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Algeria After Camus

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Digging Through Kathy Acker’s Stuff

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