Reclaiming <em>The L Word</em>’s Jenny Schecter as a Writerly Anti-Hero

Reclaiming The L Word’s Jenny Schecter as a Writerly Anti-Hero

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What Happened to the Rare Books Brought Aboard the <em>Titanic</em>?

What Happened to the Rare Books Brought Aboard the Titanic?

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What a Young, Aspiring John Singer Sargent Learned From the Beauty of Florence

What a Young, Aspiring John Singer Sargent Learned From the Beauty of Florence

Paul Fisher on an American Expatriate Artist’s Early Pursuit of Inspiration

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<em>After the End</em> a Short Story by Ben Okri

After the End a Short Story by Ben Okri

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Thomas Pynchon’s archives have a home (Oedipa Maas and Zipi Pisk can finally relax)

Thomas Pynchon’s archives have a home (Oedipa Maas and Zipi Pisk can finally relax)

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<em>Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home</em> by Marie Kondo, Read by Traci Kato-Kiriyama

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The Best and Worst Dinner Parties in Literature: Mar-A-Lago Edition, Featuring Michael Knight

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