All Essays

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  The Queasy Question: On Rick Alverson's "The Comedy"

  In Defense of 'The Most Walked-Out Film at Sundance 2012'

  Merve EmreJan 18, 2013
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  Part Palace, Part Temple, Part Prison: On the Casa Malaparte

  Michael Z. WiseJan 17, 2013
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  A Born Fantasist: On Henry Green's "Loving"

  On the 'truant spirit' of Green's enduring masterpiece

  Lorin SteinJan 15, 2013
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  Girls, Season 2: "It's About Time"

  On the season premiere of HBO's 'Girls'

  Evan Kindley, Jane Hu, Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakJan 14, 2013
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  Notes on P.T. Anderson and The Master

  Tyler SageJan 13, 2013
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  Rediscovering the Half-Forgotten Farms of the Garifuna

  Robin LlewellynJan 13, 2013
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  Teaching, Shall We Say, Elsewhere: A Response to “The Academy in Peril”

  A response to the 'Blow Up the Humanities' symposium

  Toby MillerJan 12, 2013
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  Privatized Prisons: A Human Marketplace

  Llewellyn Hinkes-JonesJan 10, 2013
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  Becoming Story: The State of the Memoir

  'Memoir begins not with event but with the intuition of meaning...'

  J. Nicole JonesJan 10, 2013
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  The Phantom Phone Booth

  On the death and life of great American phone booths

  Ariana KellyJan 9, 2013
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  The Sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a Crown Prince in Exile

  Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exile

  Michael JanofskyJan 8, 2013
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  Self-Published Anonymous

  Hello, my name is Dyanne A., and I’m a self-published author.

  Dyanne AsimowJan 6, 2013
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  For Jayne Cortez, R.I.P.

  It was you ....

  Juan Felipe HerreraJan 5, 2013
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  In the Year of the Dragon: China’s 2012

  A look back at the year, with an eye toward global domination by 2030

  Rebecca LiaoJan 3, 2013
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  Enchantment Dispelled: On Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”

  Ilana TeitelbaumJan 1, 2013
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  Edward Hopper as Home and Homesickness

  Hopper's reception abroad

  Aaron ShulmanJan 1, 2013