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Dear Sugar, You Are Now Being Played by Reese Witherspoon

Here’s an informative little roundup of book news from the New Yorker‘s book-news blog. Highlights include a 300-year-old cookbook, a “‘new type of fragmentation’ in contemporary literature,” and oh yeah—Reese Witherspoon…

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For-Profit Schools from the Students’ Perspective

Talk about good timing: on the same day we posted Stephen S. Mills’s essay about working for a for-profit school, Racialicious reposted an essay looking at the issue from the…

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“A Sex Work Testament from Someone Outside the Movement”

Emotions tend to run high around controversial confessional writer Marie Calloway’s blunt descriptions of sex, but few have discussed her exploration of sex work. Enter sex-worker blog Tits & Sass, where…

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“You’re Not Surprised, Are You?”

“Imagine a life in which you think of other people’s safety and comfort first, before your own. You’re programmed and taught that from the gate. It’s like the opposite of…

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Morning Coffee

Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

I’m going to be on tour with my band for the next three plus weeks, but I promise you’ll be in good hands in the meanwhile. See you in August!…

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Ignore This Advice

Policy Mic has a fun post about the four worst things people tell young writers about writing. Perhaps the most important of these to disregard is “Good writers always write…

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Who Needs Food, Anyway?

If you’re feeling fed up with recent political events, here’s one more straw to place very gently on your camel’s back. (If you need a break from outrage instead, here are…

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Mavis Gallant and Monsieur Le Verbe

Alors, Mademoiselle, have you noticed how we French, unlike our Anglo-Saxon friends, use all the muscles in our face and mouth when speaking? Raise your upper lip toward your nose.…

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Down with Women’s Stories, Up with Stories about Women

I am not tired of stories about women’s lives, stories that tell me something real about how a particular woman thinks or works or loves. But I am tired of…

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2013 PEN Award Shortlists

PEN America has released the shortlists for its 2013 prizes, which you can check out here. There are ten prizes in categories ranging from debut fiction to literary science writing…

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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

Big day for dinosaur news part 1: Yes, the t-rex was a predator. Big day for dinosaur news part 2: Hello there weird new horn faced dino. Difference and Repetition…

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Last City I Loved:…Fresno?

At Poets & Writers, Michael Medrano shows some love for a California city usually forgotten by the West Coast literary establishment: Fresno. Fresno’s Tower District, he writes, …lies just east of the…

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