“A Wonderful Country”: A Mavis Gallant Story Rediscovered
The celebrated writer on a newcomer who falls in love with Canada
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That there are two sides to every story is cliché. That there are two stories to every marriage is almost science
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Books are the platform on which everything else is built
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The New Patron Saints of Lesbian Fiction
Why the best queer writers are throwing plot out of the window
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Breaking the Rules of Gay Fiction, One Riotous Page at a Time
Brontez Purnell’s work burns with a frantic blend of lyricism and lewdness, desire and disgust
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Why Alice Munro’s Biographer Left Her Daughter’s Abuse Out of His Book
An exclusive interview with Robert Thacker on the secret he carried for twenty years
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2024: The Year in Arts & Culture
Thoughtful essays and fascinating deep dives into everything from art forgeries to Joni Mitchell’s best work
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Are Millennials Ruining Divorce Too?
In a spate of new books, authors grapple with what separation means in the modern age
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Extermination
Even if you don’t see them or hear them, there are always others—somewhere in your home
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