The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Post-<em>Lolita</em> Division

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Post-Lolita Division

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On the 13 Words That Made Me a Writer

On the 13 Words That Made Me a Writer

Sofia Samatar Reflects on the Rich Language of Fantasy

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Remembering Susan Sontag's Final Days

Remembering Susan Sontag's Final Days

Katie Roiphe on the Legendary Writer's Will to Survive

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At the Existentialist Café

At the Existentialist Café

Sarah Bakewell

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Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure

Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure

On Accuracy and Authenticity in Art

By Jonathan Russell Clark | March 24, 2016

The Suicide Note as Literary Genre

The Suicide Note as Literary Genre

On the Last Words of Woolf, Koestler, Berryman, and More

By Dustin Illingworth | March 23, 2016

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On history, heritage, and whitewashing

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The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

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