Rachel Cusk’s Parade Turns the Novel Upside Down
In the book, characters exist, sort of, but they’re mostly artists, and they’re almost all named G
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The Exquisite Agony of Watching Bradley Cooper Chase an Oscar
What is it about wanting something that audiences find so repulsive?
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How Should a Diary Be? Sheila Heti Scrambles Her Life in Alphabetical Diaries
Heti takes her autofiction to the next level by publishing her journals—with editing help from Excel
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When Britney and Pamela and Paris Tell All
Memoir writing offers women defined by their images a space to speak. But we’re seldom satisfied with what they give us
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Is a Life Lived through Art Really Lived at All?
The questions posed in Patrick deWitt’s The Librarianist feel personal and existential
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What’s Beyond the Surface of Our Skin Care Obsession?
I thought I was obsessed with skin care. I really wanted another chance at a lost year
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