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Susan Sontag

A collage of images of Susan Sontag
Posted inArts & Culture

Reading List: Who’s Your Susan Sontag?

by Brooke Nagler April 7, 2022October 19, 2022

Five longreads about the iconoclastic American writer, director, and activist.

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story

Regarding the Pain of Oprah

by Soraya Roberts February 5, 2020December 16, 2022

She gets a mansion and she gets a boat and she gets a jet! And you get to suffer and then maybe pull yourself up by your bootstraps, if you’re lucky enough and bare enough of your private pain.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story

Regarding the Interpretation of Others

by Patrick Nathan September 19, 2019January 27, 2023

When attempting to write a review of the official Susan Sontag biography, our reviewer finds himself on shaky ground after learning new information about the author.

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