“This question of presence seems crucial to Tillman’s project. Her position in a text is tricky—she operates both inside and outside of it, which allows her to thwart distanced critical authority and also perform the aesthetic slippages she admires in others’ work.” On Lynne Tillman’s new story collection.
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A Turkish Sailor
Recommended Reading: “A Sailor” by Randa Jarrar.
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The Millions Among the Finalists
A pair of pieces from The Millions are among the finalists in this year's 3 Quarks Daily Arts and Literature Prize: "Her Story Next to His: Beloved and The Odyssey" by Frank Kovarik and "Reading and Race: On Slavery in Fiction" by our staff writer Edan Lepucki.
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People of the Opposite Sex, Am I Right?
The Atlantic has launched a new section -- The Sexes -- that deals with issues of gender.
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Summer Belongs To Someone Else
Recommended Reading: This story by John Patrick McHugh at Granta Magazine. Do yourself a favor and check out this one while you're at it.
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