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Literature as Linguistic Event: A Conversation with Hernan Diaz
In all of my books, including Ply, I have paragraphs where time is suspended because there are no conjugated verbs—only infinitives and participles. I try to do it unobtrusively. If you don’t notice, that’s mission accomplished. You don’t have to…
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I Am Having a Breakdown
There is no margin of error or time for illness, which means if I slow down, the entire schedule—which is a well-oiled machine at this point—implodes. So any time someone is like, “Girl, you need to rest,” I want to…
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Is Body Horror Skin Deep?: How “The Substance” ushered in a new era of anti-woman horror
The Substance falls right into the same historic trappings of the misogynistic punishment rituals that horror has long perpetrated. So why is the film—and the media it has inspired since its release—hailed as a feminist masterpiece?
