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FictionMay 5, 2020
Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness
Through her portraits of solitude, Gaitskill forces us to recognize those moments of subtle connection.
Maggie Doherty
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September 27, 2018
Rachel Cusk’s Struggle to Break Free
In her Outline trilogy, the English novelist finds a freedom in art that she cannot locate in life.
Maggie Doherty
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December 28, 2017
Mary McCarthy’s Unsparing Honesty
For McCarthy, accuracy was more than just a literary aesthetic; it was a moral and political position.
Maggie Doherty
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June 27, 2017
Grace Paley’s Crowded World
In her life, as in her writing, the boundaries between the personal and the political were remarkably porous.
Maggie Doherty
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