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Pottermania
Harry Potter tourism, where the pilgrims are adults and the books are a religion.
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Is the Bohemian Dead?
In her new memoir, Country Girl, Edna O’Brien recalls when writers were drunk, brawling, and fabulous.
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The Woman Affronted
Was novelist Claire Messud right to imply her interviewer was sexist?
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The Reluctant American
What the novel and the new movie The Reluctant Fundamentalist can teach us about the Boston bombers.
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Thesis Defense
No, it’s not a waste of time to get a literature Ph.D. It teaches you to commit to your ideas.
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Obit Gaffe
In rocket scientist Yvonne Brill’s obit, was it so bad to mention the beef stroganoff?
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The Greatest Novelist You Haven’t Read
James Salter is as good as Roth, Updike, or Ford. So why isn’t he popular?
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Speedboat Mania
Renata Adler’s '70s cult classic brings us the stylish, damaged woman.
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Why Do We Hate Successful Women?
Liberals want more female CEOs. But they hate the ones who exist.
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Suffer the Little Children
Emily Rapp’s memoir about her dying son fascinates us. Why?
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Good Riddance, “Pro-Choice”
Planned Parenthood abandons the bourgeois term. How about calling it “pro-freedom”?
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A Lone Zebra on New Year’s Eve
I don’t care about the holidays. And yet they remind me of how things are supposed to look.
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The Feminist Fertility Myth
Why do women believe they can delay children for so long?
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Stop Judging, You Prudes
The real reason we care so much about the Petraeus affair.
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Want To Understand Sexual Politics? Read This Novel.
Ian McEwan’s Sweet Tooth reveals the deepest ways in which men misunderstand women.
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Mitt Romney Is Dolores Umbridge
My Harry Potter-obsessed 9-year-old watches the presidential campaign.
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The Mockery Feminists
Feminism used to be deadly earnest. Today it’s funny, sarcastic, and ironic. What happened?
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