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'The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories' by Carson McCullers, 'My Life of Crime: Essays and Other Entertainments' by Tyler C. Gore and 'The Dark Dark: Stories' by Samantha Hunt—Review #202

Jan 29

'By writing about heterosexual dead women who came back to life as lesbians, was I writing about me?'—Review #201

Jan 15

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May 6, 2016

'Her will, like the veil strung to her bonnet, flutters in every breeze; always there is the desire urging, always the convention restraining.'—Review #200

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What was your favorite read in 2022?With the year drawing to a close, we thought it a good time to check in and have a discussion. What books did you enjoy most in 2022? What’s on …

Dec 26, 2022

Our last-minute Books on GIFt guide includes novels and nonfiction, and independent bookstores and publishers where you can buy them.

Dec 18, 2022

'A crash tells you you have not paid sufficient attention.'—Review #199

Dec 4, 2022

'Of course, that's what's utopian about the Internet, but also creepy—this possibility of jettisoning one persona for another.'—Review #198

Nov 20, 2022

'What do you think, she asked, that relationships, love, only got invented after your generation showed up?'—Review #197

Nov 6, 2022

'I will strengthen me with breakfast, and then I will to my terrible work.'—Review #196

Oct 23, 2022

'They blame us, the ones who look different. That way they don't have to think about what has happened inside themselves.'—Review #195

Oct 9, 2022

'Would I be a good mother only if I renounced what, up until now, I had considered life's pleasures, or would motherhood reveal to me other kinds of…

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