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Famed Gossip Columnist Liz Smith Dies at Age 94

Liz Smith poses with Bette Midler. Image courtesy of The Austrailian. Smith published her own memoir in 2001 where she came out as a bisexual woman telling The Advocate, “I think that my relationships with women were always much more emotionally satisfying and comfortable.” Smith suffered a stroke in July; she…
Aisha K. Staggers
November 13, 2017
Fiction

Tune In, Drop Out, Read Tao Lin

"No one writes like Tao Lin." — Tommy Orange, author of There There —∞— "Warm, funny, hearteningly nonconformist." — Melissa Broder, author of Milk Fed —∞— As I write this, I am on a couple prescribed pharmaceuticals and a cannabis-infused espresso bean. In the bag next to me, there is…
Casey Barrett
August 5, 2021
Fiction

“City of Girls” is Elizabeth Gilbert’s Latest Gem

I've never read anything from Elizabeth Gilbert before I read City of Girls (Riverhead Books). The most I knew about her was that she once wrote a book called Eat, Pray, Love which was turned into a movie with Julia Roberts. No offense to Elizabeth or Julia, but there was one ad…
Meagan Foy
June 3, 2019