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The Language of the Misfit: On Oğuz Atay’s “The Disconnected”

A great Turkish cult novel of the early ’70s is available in English translation (sort of)....

Jan 23

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HELEN MACKREATH

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Quarterly Journal: No. 32, 10th Anniversary Issue

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Returning the Gaze

Margot Mifflin reviews Catherine McCormack’s “Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies.”...

Jan 23

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MARGOT MIFFLIN

The Future Is Black, Not Bleak

David Michael Jamison reviews “The Future of Black,” edited by Len Lawson, Cynthia Manick, and Gary Jackson....

Jan 22

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DAVID MICHAEL JAMISON

The Singular Power of the Well-Placed Love Letter

I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms and quickly vanish. I owe much to where I was raised, in a black ...

Jan 22

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JERVEY TERVALON

The Forest for the Trees

Mitchell’s new book addresses the act of naming and its impact on the environment for all....

Jan 22

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TIM CUMMINGS

Blondell Cummings

In Night Stir (1983) Dir. by Kay Hines and Dieter Froese, video still from video artwork; The Ladies and Me (1980) video still from performance documentation ©The Estate of Blondell Cummings.