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COLUMN: The Book-Object, "Books I Keep Though I Haven’t Read Them"
Elinor Abbott on books in her collection that have a hold on her despite never having cracked the cover
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Elinor Abbott
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COLUMN: Art in its Own Terms #1, "How Some People Do Time"
Dmitry Samarov on "Into the Hourglass," an exhibition of work by incarcerated artists at Chicago's National Museum of Mexican Art
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Dmitry Samarov
COLUMN: The Projectionist #2
Middle Eastern Miracle Films
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Chris Oxley
ESSAY: A Few of My Favorite Things
Laura Albert takes us on a video tour of her mantelpiece, featuring her Archie membership card, family photos, and Deadwood paraphernalia
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Laura Victoria Albert
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COLUMN: You'll Thank Me Later--Reading Recommendations from Stephen Mortland That Will Solve All Your Problems
What should you read in the car while you're waiting to pick up your daughter? What should you read at night? What should you read if you are…
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Stephen Mortland
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COLUMN: Book Nook by Scott McClanahan, #2 (Gulag Edition)
This month, Scott McClanahan takes us to the Gulag! Read all about his adventures in Gulag literature.
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Scott McClanahan
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ESSAY: The Starfucker's Dilemma
Literary Friendships and the Search for Friends IRL by Brittany Ackerman
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Brittany Ackerman
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ESSAY: Recession
The writer and their software engineer friend meet the recession. At a bar the newly unemployed pair sort through the nature of AI, literature, money…
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Sam Heaps
COLUMN: Big Emotions #2
The quality is ???.
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Katherine Faw
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ESSAY: Hungry for More
Death, Writing, and Anthony Bourdain
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Emma Burger
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ESSAY: Trap
This is a story about how I got arrested on book tour. It is also about selling cars, Trap Tre, and vibes that are stupid as fuck.
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Brian Allen Carr
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ESSAY: 10 Years Later—The Rise, Fall, and Contradictions of Alternative Online Literature, part 3
This is the conclusion of a longer, 3-part essay, chronicling the rise, fall, and impact of Alt Lit. Part 3 is on the countercultural contradictions at…
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Andrew Duncan Worthington
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