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Little Girl, Big City
A vibrant and whimsical all-ages adventure from an ambitious new cartoonist.
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Matilda at 25
Roald Dahl’s bookish heroine is still an inspiration to the quiet girls.
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Partial Magic in Pat the Bunny
Grappling with the horror of infinite mammal regression.
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The Story of My Solipsism
It’s hard to like the book when you despise the narrator.
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Wool, Gathering
How self-pubbed best-seller Hugh Howey overturned the author-reader relationship—and wrote the next great sci-fi saga.
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On a Mission From God
Two works of fiction tell the stories of Mormon missionaries far away from home.
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The Book-Writing Machine
What was the first novel ever written on a word processor?
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Is That My Mother on the Phone?
In Domenica Ruta’s memoir of growing up on Massachusetts’ North Shore, quitting drugs is easier than quitting her astonishing mother.
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Highbrow Trash
A harsh, politically aware comic from the late artist David Wojnarowicz returns.
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Updates on Mary
Mary Szybist’s poems long for God, and treat her own longing with scorn.
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Announcing the Winners of the Cartoonist Studio Prize
Here’s to the best graphic novel and Web comic of 2012.
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Farewell to Patti
A touching and beautiful goodbye, in watercolor, from a husband to his wife.
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Can You Trust Jared Diamond?
One thing he could learn from traditional societies: Show your work.
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Bao Wow Wow Yippee Yo Yippee Yay
Eddie Huang and the rise of the “big dick Asian.”
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The Cartoonist Studio Prize: The Shortlists
The 10 graphic novels and 10 Web comics competing for Slate’s new comics prize.
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Phreaks and Geeks
Before Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak invented Apple, they hacked phones.
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The Marriage Plot
Suzanne Venker’s recipe for a lasting union: “Just be nice, cook, and have sex!”
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Love Bytes
A veteran of online dating finds he’s somewhat compatible with Dan Slater’s new book.
