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Art Ming Smith’s ‘Strange Fruit’ reveals the specters of American history The photographer’s experiments in shadow and light reform gender and racial boundaries in a portfolio for Document S/S 2019.
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Conversations John Waters and Edmund White decode death, sexting, and the flaws of Dalí Ahead of Waters's new essay collection, 'Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder,' the writers reminisce on glory holes and redeem Warhol's legacy... by Maraya Fisher Above the Fold Helen Schulman explores age-old questions in the age of information Set in a Silicon Valley multiverse ruled by apps and algorithms, Schulman's latest book 'Come With Me' reveals the myriad consequences of our gluttonous hunger... by Hayley Phelan Above the Fold Frankenstein 200 years later: are we finally living in a transhumanist world? As science-fiction experiments become reality, author Hubert Haddad performs a head transplant and imagines a “modern prometheus” for the 21st century in ‘Desirable Body.’ by Clara Malley Conversations Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the old San Francisco, his new novel, and his first 100 years The literary legend discusses the legacy of City Lights, anarchism, and the San Francisco that was with editor Ira Silverberg. by Ira Silverberg Above the Fold Your favorite Disney princess is illegal in Kuwait Kuwait has banned over 4,000 books in the last five years, including Disney's The Little Mermaid, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and Why We Write. by Gabriela Serpa At Large Denham Fouts: The most expensive male sex worker in the world So-called by novelist Christopher Isherwood, Denham Fouts was pursued by a Greek king, a German baron, a British viscount, and many, many more. Arthur Vanderbilt... by Arthur Vanderbilt At Large A look back at Gore Vidal’s “sexual paradise” Was Gore Vidal’s objection to being defined as gay intellectual—“post-gay” before his time?—or was it personal, rooted in the sexual mores of a different generation? by Tim Teeman At Large Author Chris Kraus interrogates social practice in her upcoming book of the same name Chris Kraus makes radical proposals for how art can be read through context and circumstances in Social Practice by Emily Wells At Large Ottessa Moshfegh gives sleeping it off a try, for once Murder, booze, and sex have been just some of the novelist's go-tos in the past. Now, the dissolution of her latest book takes its inspiration... by Philip Watts Conversations Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley on goddesses and monsters Challenging the ways in which the ancient epics ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Beowulf’ have been translated by men, authors Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley discuss... by Aaron Hicklin Above the Fold Big books and bigger sticker prices are for big boys, only, researchers conclude An analysis of over 2 million books published between 2002 and 2012 by researchers at the City University of New York finds that publishing, after... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold It took six months and 18 sexual assault allegations for the Swedish Academy to confront its own #MeToo crisis The elite body responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature is handling its own sexual misconduct crisis more poorly than you could imagine. by Caroline Christie At Large In ‘Blue Self-Portrait’ Noémi Lefebvre created a space to breathe Document talks with the French author about her breakthrough novel, Blue Self-Portrait, out in the U.S. this month. by Cody Delistraty Conversations Novelists Édouard Louis and Zadie Smith on writing in a distracting political present The novelists, famous for addressing the trauma of the present and the past in their work, seek to harness the energy of uncompromised political beliefs. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton Above the Fold The UK and Russia are throwing unprecedented amounts of literary shade at each other Watch out, Sherlock. by Caroline Christie
Conversations John Waters and Edmund White decode death, sexting, and the flaws of Dalí Ahead of Waters's new essay collection, 'Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder,' the writers reminisce on glory holes and redeem Warhol's legacy... by Maraya Fisher
Above the Fold Helen Schulman explores age-old questions in the age of information Set in a Silicon Valley multiverse ruled by apps and algorithms, Schulman's latest book 'Come With Me' reveals the myriad consequences of our gluttonous hunger... by Hayley Phelan
Above the Fold Frankenstein 200 years later: are we finally living in a transhumanist world? As science-fiction experiments become reality, author Hubert Haddad performs a head transplant and imagines a “modern prometheus” for the 21st century in ‘Desirable Body.’ by Clara Malley
Conversations Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the old San Francisco, his new novel, and his first 100 years The literary legend discusses the legacy of City Lights, anarchism, and the San Francisco that was with editor Ira Silverberg. by Ira Silverberg
Above the Fold Your favorite Disney princess is illegal in Kuwait Kuwait has banned over 4,000 books in the last five years, including Disney's The Little Mermaid, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and Why We Write. by Gabriela Serpa
At Large Denham Fouts: The most expensive male sex worker in the world So-called by novelist Christopher Isherwood, Denham Fouts was pursued by a Greek king, a German baron, a British viscount, and many, many more. Arthur Vanderbilt... by Arthur Vanderbilt
At Large A look back at Gore Vidal’s “sexual paradise” Was Gore Vidal’s objection to being defined as gay intellectual—“post-gay” before his time?—or was it personal, rooted in the sexual mores of a different generation? by Tim Teeman
At Large Author Chris Kraus interrogates social practice in her upcoming book of the same name Chris Kraus makes radical proposals for how art can be read through context and circumstances in Social Practice by Emily Wells
At Large Ottessa Moshfegh gives sleeping it off a try, for once Murder, booze, and sex have been just some of the novelist's go-tos in the past. Now, the dissolution of her latest book takes its inspiration... by Philip Watts
Conversations Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley on goddesses and monsters Challenging the ways in which the ancient epics ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Beowulf’ have been translated by men, authors Emily Wilson and Maria Dahvana Headley discuss... by Aaron Hicklin
Above the Fold Big books and bigger sticker prices are for big boys, only, researchers conclude An analysis of over 2 million books published between 2002 and 2012 by researchers at the City University of New York finds that publishing, after... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold It took six months and 18 sexual assault allegations for the Swedish Academy to confront its own #MeToo crisis The elite body responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature is handling its own sexual misconduct crisis more poorly than you could imagine. by Caroline Christie
At Large In ‘Blue Self-Portrait’ Noémi Lefebvre created a space to breathe Document talks with the French author about her breakthrough novel, Blue Self-Portrait, out in the U.S. this month. by Cody Delistraty
Conversations Novelists Édouard Louis and Zadie Smith on writing in a distracting political present The novelists, famous for addressing the trauma of the present and the past in their work, seek to harness the energy of uncompromised political beliefs. by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
Above the Fold The UK and Russia are throwing unprecedented amounts of literary shade at each other Watch out, Sherlock. by Caroline Christie