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Why Literature Needs Psychology

Why Literature Needs Psychology

Two Disciplines Wrestling With the Same Big Questions

By Jennifer R. Bernstein | May 2, 2016

The Life and Times of a True American Moral Hysteric

The Life and Times of a True American Moral Hysteric

In which Anthony Comstock, Chronic Masturbator,
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By Devin Leonard | May 2, 2016

How Billy Joel Taught Me To Write

How Billy Joel Taught Me To Write

Benjamin Wood Offers a Thoughtful and Irony-Free Appreciation of the Piano Man

By Benjamin Wood | May 2, 2016

Interview with a Bookstore: Book Culture

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Where Loyal Customers Hit Robbers In The Face

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The Vanishing Velazquez

The Vanishing Velazquez

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For Her, Everything Was Readable

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Jenny Diski Looked Cancer—And Her Readers—In The Eye

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no bullshit, no sugar-coating, no imposed toughness

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The Secret Bookstores of Buenos Aires

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