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Michelle Dean

Michelle Dean has written for a variety of places, including The Awl, ELLE and Bitch.
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    Frankenstein in the Delivery Room

    Ruth Franklin, who is the best reason to read The New Republic, ran an interesting piece this week about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. Mary Shelley’s mother was the proto-feminist (or First Feminist, depending on who you ask) Mary Wollstonecraft. While…

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    The Last Book I Loved: The House of Mirth

    It’s fitting that I only finally read The House of Mirth, Wharton’s great novel about the decline and fall of a socialite by the name of Lily Bart, around the time I was leaving New York. Given my current state…