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Go Slowly: A Conversation with Hilary Plum and Andrea Lawlor
Hilary Plum and Andrea Lawlor discuss their recent novels, writing both poetry and prose, and how time and memory influence their work.
The Rise of the Accessible Genius
Erin Coulehan on Donald Glover, Kanye West, and "accessible genius."
The Amazing 11-and-Half-Inch Woman: On Tiny Shoulders
Molly Green considers the new documentary on Hulu "Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie."
Is Motherhood a Genre?
Sarah Blackwood asks: does treating motherhood as a genre in itself limit our reading of books about motherhood?
Gendered Islamophobia: A New Assassin of the Mind
Qanta A. Ahmed on the propaganda of gendered Islamophobia.
Humbert, or the Confession of a White Spinster Female: A Millennial’s Reading of Lolita
Rebecca Schultz looks back on Nabokov's "Lolita," her teenage obsession with "The O.C.," and adolescent fantasy.
Conceptual Idylls: Talking to Brian Blanchfield
Andy Fitch talks to Brian Blanchfield about his book "A Several World."
No More Mean Girls: A Discussion Between LA Authors Caeli Wolfson Widger, Victoria Namkung, and Martha Batalha
Three LA authors preview their panel at this weekend's LitFest Pasadena.
A Few Thoughts on Publishing Today: Timing, Books, and the Editor’s Zeitgeist
Susan LaTempa's thoughts on tactics, trends, and changes in publishing today.
