culture
“Judy” Is What Happens When a Film Loves Its Subject Too Much
The new Judy Garland biopic offers a simple portrait of a complicated icon
Oct 8 - Manuel Betancourt
essays
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Victor Hugo’s Most Underappreciated Work Is This Lavish Four-Story House
Hauteville House, the home Hugo decorated during his exile in Guernsey, is the key to fully understanding his work
Sep 26 - Amy Beth Wright
books 
William Wordsworth Saves the Internet
Even in the 18th century, we were subject to the firehose of news and information—and poets had opinions about it
Sep 24 - Fiore Sireci
books 
The Women Who Write Themselves Out of the Story
What we can learn from the effaced narrators of "Fleishman is in Trouble" and the Outline trilogy
Sep 23 - Amanda Minoff
books 
It’s Time to Let Meat Loaf Into Your Embarrassing Little Heart
You think you're too cool for "Bat Out of Hell"? You're not.
Sep 19 - Rax King
writing 
Josh Gondelman Recommends 5 Hilarious Books By Women
The comedian and author of "Nice Try" picks funny books for our "Read More Women" series
Sep 19 - Electric Literature
Read More Women 
We Are Writing Against Our Own Erasure
Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson's address to the recipients of this year's Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards
Sep 17 - Jacqueline Woodson
writing 
A Love Letter to the Girls Who Die First in Horror Films
The girl who lives in fear might just survive—but is that enough?
Sep 17 - Lindsay King-Miller
culture 
Writing Music About Being Black, Muslim, and Gay Helped Me Believe It Was Possible
I was told that the three parts of my identity were mutually exclusive. Here's how I learned that was wrong.
Sep 13 - Sadeeq Ali
culture 
How Brexit Could Destroy the U.K. Publishing Industry
Proposed immigration policies aren't just xenophobic—they also threaten the country's creative and cultural life
Sep 12 - Holly Barrow
writing 
