Published in 1986 and weighing in at over 1,000 pages, It might be Stephen King’s best book: It’s the kind of unsettling story that digs under your skin, then wriggles through fat and muscle before lodging itself in bone. Alternately horrific and heartwarming, it’s a decades-spanning history of Derry, Maine, where an ancient horror lurks […]
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The IPRC’s Narrow Escape
How the Publishing Organization Faced Portland’s Rental Crisis—and Survived
How the publishing organization faced Portland’s rental crisis—and survived.
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In Sleeping Beauties, It’s Ladies’ Night!
Here Comes Stephen King and Owen King’s Father-Son Magical Feminist Thriller
Here comes Stephen King and Owen King’s father-son magical feminist thriller.
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Carmen Maria Machado’s Writing Lit Me on Fire
Couple Fights, Fucking, and SVU in Her Body and Other Parties
Couple fights, fucking, and SVU in Her Body and Other Parties.
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Today in Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin Is Too Busy Writing to Even Watch Game of Thrones
FUN FACT! They’re related. Via Metro: Game of Thrones is currently the most popular show on television. But while fans are eagerly anticipating the finale of its seventh season, and each episode is watched by over 30 million people, George R.R. Martin isn’t among them. That’s because, despite creating the books upon which they’re based, […]
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The Future Is Still Female in Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud
Bend the Knee to Anne Helen Petersen’s Unruly Women
Bend the Knee to Anne Helen Petersen’s Unruly Women
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My Pretty Vampire’s Cartoonish Violence
Katie Skelly’s Love Letter to ’70s Woman-Centric Vampire Cinema
Katie Skelly’s love letter to ’70s woman-centric vampire cinema.
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Zachary Schomburg’s Mastadon Marathon: An Appreciation
Get into the Weirdness of the Portland Poet’s Debut Novel, Mammother
Get into the weirdness of the Portland poet’s debut novel, Mammother.
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Better Stephen King Movies to Stream Instead of Going to See The Dark Tower
MISERY Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh After years of false starts and empty promises, Stephen King fans finally have a movie version of The Dark Tower! Just one problem: It is not good. If you’re feeling the keen sting of yet another crummy King adaptation, know this: Not only am I right there with you (hi!), but I’m here […]
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Sherman Alexie Canceled His Book Tour. You Should Still Read His New Memoir
AUTHOR PHOTO BY LEE TOWNDROW In July, Sherman Alexie canceled his book tour for You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, his new multigenre memoir about his mother, Lillian, who died in 2015. In a statement posted to his website, he described a sense of being haunted by his mother on tour stops for […]
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Sherman Alexie Canceled His Book Tour. You Should Still Read His Book.
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me Is a Powerful Work of Witness and Experimentation
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me Is a Powerful Work of Witness and Experimentation
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Meet Me in the Bathroom and New York’s Last Gasp of Cool
Lizzy Goodman’s Oral History Falls Prey to the Format’s Shortcomings
Lizzy Goodman’s oral history falls prey to the format’s shortcomings.