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“When you consider the plenitude of any word’s inheritance you might think all words are untranslatable,” writes…
Aug 6 2019
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The death of acclaimed author, Nobel Laureate, and Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison has been met with an…
Apr 17 2019
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In January 2017, The Establishment offered readers a deal. For $125, anyone could “sponsor” an essay on the…
Feb 7 2019
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Ian Parker’s takedown of bestselling thriller writer Daniel Mallory in The New Yorker reads like a grocery store…
Dec 27 2018
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We tell dog parents stories in order to live.
Dec 3 2018
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I was 17 when I emailed Tavi Gevinson to ask if I could be a part of whatever her new magazine was going to be. At…
Apr 24 2018
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You can recognize a Bossip headline instantly. For starters, they’re usually ten words too long, rife with clever…
Apr 25 2016
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Charles J. Shields, author of 2006's Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, believes that he’s uncovered a…
Apr 14 2016
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Brit Bennett is so bracingly talented on the page and so low-key lovely in person that I’ve never heard an untoward…
Apr 2 2016
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At an April 2 conference held at Boston University, literary journalist Gay Talese remarked to his audience that he…
Sep 21 2015
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Two months ago, I quit the best job I ever had. At least, I’m sure that’s how it looks. Writing is one of those…
Aug 28 2015
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Shortly after 8 AM on Sunday, August 29, 2005, the levees protecting New Orleans from the water that surrounds it…
Aug 4 2015
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Catherine Nichols
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The plan made me feel dishonest and creepy, so it took me a long time to send my novel out under a man’s name. But ea…
May 11 2015
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The Daily Beast’s John McWhorter–linguist, professor, political commentator—has written a concerned meditation on…
Oct 2 2014
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Tao Lin, alt-lit mainstay, author of seven novels and contributor to Thought Catalog, Vice, The Stranger, and other…
Aug 19 2014
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Thought Catalog is a publishing platform that operates under the idea that "all thinking is relevant." Even…
Mar 5 2014
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Have you given up on your dreams of writing the great American screenplay because the chances of being discovered by…
Oct 10 2013
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Brilliant badass Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel Committee announced today. The…
Oct 9 2013
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"I occasionally do uncredited 'secret' rewrites on scripts. I like that, because then people who would ordinarily avoid my projects are tricked into buying tickets for films I’ve worked on. I entertain frat guys without their consent!" — Diablo Cody reveals seven things no one tells you about being a screenwriter.
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Sep 25 2013
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If you're into books written by women (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA what's that) don't take University of Toronto professor David…