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September 26, 2012 | 1

“‘Rap is poetry,’ Jay-Z says, ‘and a good MC is a good poet.'” Over at n + 1, a look at the musician’s Decoded and the phenomenon of rappers as writers.

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October 27, 2014
Leave it to Roxane Gay to come up with a novel format for an essay on the feminist novel. In the new issue of Dissent, she presents eleven theses on the topic, including references to Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying, and Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Sample quote: “Not every novel that concerns itself with the lives of women is a feminist novel. Fifty Shades of Grey is not a feminist novel.” You could also read our own Edan Lepucki on the problem with feminist anthems.
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