A 19th-Century It Girl
Rachel Vorona Cote takes a look at Letitia Landon's many identities and how she went on to become a cautionary tale about talented women.
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Panel Mania: ‘BTTM FDRS’ by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore
A quirky satire of gentrification, race, and cultural appropriation that Victor LaValle calls "gentrification horror at its finest."
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Democrats and the Written Word
Jill Lepore brings a critical eye to the memoirs of 2020's Democratic presidential candidates, including Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren.
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Fairfield Porter: Artist, Writer, Heretic
He painted what was in front of him, producing an elegant rebuttal of the claim that it was no longer possible for a figurative painter to say anything new.
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Sacred Trash: How to Dismantle a Library
We yield to our directive. We kill, destroy. We throw out the Jewish canon.
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Cinderella, as Told by Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit gives the classic and rather dated tale of Cinderella an empowered, nuanced update that examines cultural myths about measures of prosperity.
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Eight Essential Books Set in the Middle of Nowhere
Turns out, no matter what remote place we wind up, we can’t escape ourselves.
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Was Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Inspired by an Edgar Allan Poe Story?
In “William Wilson,” the most autobiographical of his tales, Poe may have been portraying his own unspeakable boarding school experience.
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Books for a Post-‘Game of Thrones’ World
What should you read to get your Game of Thrones fix now that the TV series is over? N.K. Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor, and Kirstin Downey for starters.
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