Michelle Dean on Doris Lessing.
The Rumpus has a look at George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia on its 75th anniversary.
Pitchfork is debuting a new print journal.
And here’s a fantastic Jen Michalski essay on writing and sexuality.
Jody Rosen on Kanye West’s Barclays Center show: “goth Busby Berkeley.”
Elaine Showalter on politics, family, and the history of Lynne Cheney’s novel Sisters.
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