The Privilege of Art: Courtney Maum’s Costalegre
There is no real freedom to create art, only the obligation to wealth.
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...more…women’s writing has often been deemed too dark, too sultry, too frigid, too hysterical.
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...moreWe never want something more than when it has been taken away from us. The opposite of freedom is confinement.
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...moreSome story collections drop with fireworks and great fanfare, while others make their entrance, it could be said, on tender feet. The latter is the case with the works of Edith Pearlman, who released her fifth story collection, Honeydew, on Tuesday. Laura Van Den Berg had some kind words for the book at the New […]
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