Leora Skolkin-Smith is one of the major and most original female voices of contemporary American literature. Born in Manhattan in 1952, she grew up between New York, and Jerusalem, which led to a split, and sometimes painful, vision of her own identity.
In our afternoon reading: Justin Taylor on the works of Grace Paley, a report from Brooklyn Bazaar’s last show, and more.
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Jen Doll and Maris Kreizman, news on a biography of Grace Paley, and more.
In our afternoon reading: revisiting Grace Paley, notes on a recent Caitlin Doughty event, and much more.
In our morning reading: Grace Paley’s fiction and politics, an interview with Jim Shepard, a review of Tom McCarthy’s new essay collection, and more.
Essays on Eula Biss’s new book and the art of Mike Kelley, a review of Steve Gunn’s new album, interviews with Justin Taylor and Katha Pollitt, fiction from Grace Paley and Jac Jemc, and more.
This morning: thoughts on memoirs from Sheila Heti and Jian Ghomeshi, Eugene Lim makes a playlist, wrestling comics get surreal, thoughts on spending Christmas at bars, and more.
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