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    The 60 Best and Worst International Covers of Lolita

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    A 14-Year-Old Girl, A Genderqueer Performance Artist, and One of New York’s Most Unlikely Friendships

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    From Chester Himes to Judy Blume, 10 Writers and Their Cats

    By Alison Nastasi  August 20, 2018
    Essay

    Making the Case for the Surreal Memoir

    By Tobias Carroll  August 20, 2018
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    We Should All Probably Be Eating Seaweed

    By Susan Hand Shetterly  August 17, 2018
    Design

    The Trouble With Designing a Book When Its Author is in Jail

    By Janet Hansen  August 16, 2018
    Deep Dive

    Is Atheism the Last Unforgivable Sin of American Politics?

    By Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore  August 16, 2018
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    The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is the Best Place on the Internet

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    Excerpts

    Vijay Iyer: A Moral Imperative to Speak for the Musical Margins

    By Nate Chinen  August 16, 2018
    Essay

    In Which I, Nathan Englander, Offer Myself Up for Space Force

    By Nathan Englander  August 15, 2018
    Feature

    Buddy, the Library Isn’t a 7-Eleven

    By Kristen Arnett  August 15, 2018
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    How to Read the Signs in New York City

    By Joshua Cohen  August 15, 2018
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    Nobody Grows Up Wanting to Be a Missile-Maker

    By Karen Piper  August 15, 2018
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    Stepping Into the Boxing Ring as a Transgender Man

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    By Joan Morgan  August 14, 2018
    Advice

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    By Julie Schumacher  August 14, 2018
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    We the Animals is the Ideal Literary Adaptation

    By Emily Temple  August 14, 2018
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    By Jeanne McCulloch  August 13, 2018
    Conversations

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    Essay

    Charlottesville, Brexit, and Trump: From News Cycle To Novel

    By Olivia Laing  August 10, 2018
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    One of the Greatest Archeological Mysteries of All Time

    By Edward Burman  August 9, 2018
    Poets

    37, a Sonnet by Katie Ford

    By Katie Ford  August 9, 2018
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    What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

    By Maryanne Wolf  August 8, 2018
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