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On Young Women and Reading

This is just a short post, but it’s something that needs to be talked about. The New York Times has published an article by Robert Lipsyte about the lack of young adult novels for boys. I think it’s pretty fucked, and … Continue reading

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Reading Habits and the Political

Somewhere around 1970, the phrase “the personal is political” started making the rounds. Carol Hanisch coined the phrase in a paper, but that doesn’t matter here. It’s bloomed out from that. I say that because I just read this post … Continue reading

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The End of Proust

The body immures the mind within a fortress; presently on all sides the fortress is beseiged and in the end, inevitably, the mind has to surrender. – Proust, Time Regained p. 512 There’s something bitter about an ending. I’ve had … Continue reading

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