Tag: lolita
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What to Read and Why
I was first introduced to novelist and literary critic Francine Prose through her essay collection Reading Like a Writer, so I was intrigued when I found out she had a new collection coming out,
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Nabokov’s Favorite Word is Mauve
What word does an author rely on too heavily? Are certain authors more sexist than others? Should we really avoid exclamation points and adverbs?
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Tampa
What is Humbert Humbert was a sexy young teacher? What if she didn’t have to marry into a family to get access to the children, because she was their teacher? What is it like to be a pedophilic sociopath? Those are some of the questions Alissa Nutting grapples with in Tampa,