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‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’ Is the Best Date You’ll Never Go On
The Arcola’s wartime romance is for anyone who has ever left someone on read Is the perfect relationship having someone…
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Eric LaRocca’s ‘Wretch’: ‘Queer Horror Is Filthy and Revolutionary’
Eric LaRocca is a Bram Stoker Award-nominated, Splatterpunk Award-winning writer whose work continually expands the possibilities of contemporary horror.
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The Coming-of-Middle-Age Novel
In 2021, I heard a female critic I respect say, “there are no novels about happy middle-aged women.” Since then,…
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“Books Really are Creatures”: Fatima Bhutto on How Her Dog, Coco, Inspired ‘The Hour of the Wolf’
They say dogs are a man’s best friend, and writer Fatima Bhutto has plenty, both in her writing and in…
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K-Pop Fans Raise Hell in ‘Holy Boy’ by Lee Heejoo
“Don’t you think even Yosep’s excretions make him beautiful?” ponders a young woman in a cafe.
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Novelist Sophie Mackintosh on the Allure of Adultery: “Sometimes It Is Beautiful To Have a Secret”
Sophie Mackintosh is an award-winning writer whose novels have been nominated for the Man Booker Prize and the Women’s Prize…
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“How Can I Write About Violence Without Reproducing It?”: Michelle Steinbeck on Her Novel ‘Favorita’
Fila, short for Filippa, sits in her recently deceased grandmother’s kitchen when she receives a call informing her of her…
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Books That Made the Bunny Creepy
Welcome back big guy (the Easter Bunny, that is).
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Lost Lambs: Sincerity Will Save Us All
Earnestness comes easily to the characters populating the colourful pages of Madeline Cash’s sparkling debut Lost Lambs.
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“I’m glad that I didn’t grow up in a castle”: Nelio Biedermann on writing Lázár
Lázár is the rocket that has carried this 22-year-old into the stratosphere: war, magical realism, four generations of an aristocratic…
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Theatre For One at the Barbican
Theatre For One presents an unusual provocation: works of theatre performed for one audience member at a time.
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10 books to read for St. Patrick’s Day
Whatever you want to call it, there’s no denying that we’ve all become a bit obsessed with Irish culture in…
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Bitch Boxer Comes Out Swinging
Hearing the title Bitch Boxer, my first thought was linguistic rather than theatrical – what a satisfying pair of plosives.
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