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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Airless Spaces by Julie Phillips

In her 1998 book, Shulamith Firestone, author of the classic feminist text The Dialectic of Sex, chronicles mental illness and institutionalization with dark humor. Airless Spaces, by Shul…

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

All Fours by Julie Phillips

Marriage, motherhood, menopause, masturbation, and a motel: a new novel by Miranda July. All Fours, by Miranda July, Riverhead, 326 pages, $29 •   •   • Waifish and awkward,…

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Let Us Descend by Julie Phillips

In Jesmyn Ward’s latest, an enslaved teenager draws upon the strength of family bonds and elemental spirits to find her own path to resilience. Let Us Descend, by Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, 3…

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