Essays
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EW writer Lester Fabian Brathwaite channels Rage into something beautiful
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'Teleholic' essayist Elissa Bassist's new memoir Hysterical explores screen culture through a feminist lens
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Entertainment Weekly and MTV Books celebrate the publication of My Life: Growing Up Asian in America
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See the cover for Betty Gilpin's empowering book All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns
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First look: Isaac Fitzgerald's upcoming essay collection searches for a new version of masculinity
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Casey Wilson's Comedy of Eras: On endings, beginnings, and why her new memoir will wreck you
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Phoebe Robinson's next book is coming this fall — here are all the details
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First Look: David Sedaris' next diary collection will be a devilishly good time
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Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret is 50 (and still fabulous)
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Get ready to gag over Trixie and Katya's Guide to Womanhood book cover
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The devastating problem with The Simpsons' dismissal of its Apu stereotype: Essay
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Dick Cavett talks 'Brief Encounters' in pop culture in new book
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What We're (Re-)Reading Now: Everything Joan Didion Ever Wrote
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Robert Louis Stevenson: 'Treasure Island' author's long-lost essay
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Mindy Kaling is writing a second book about her 'rollercoaster-y' year
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Jack Gray on 'Pigeon in a Crosswalk', his boss Anderson Cooper, and downing donuts with Kathy Griffin
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Judy Greer essay collection forthcoming
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Stephen King talks gun control in 'Guns' Kindle single
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'Queers Dig Time Lords' anthology to celebrate 'Doctor Who'
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Lena Dunham lands $3.5 million book deal
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'Girls' star Lena Dunham heading toward a huge, $3.6 million book deal
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Lena Dunham shopping advice book -- What do you want to see in it?
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David Sedaris is finally going Hollywood
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Nora Ephron's life in books: Read some of her best quotes
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Sloane Crosley
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Mindy Kaling and other books that made you lose it in public
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Mindy Kaling talks about her book, 'Is Everyone Hanging Out without Me?'
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Chuck Eddy's 'Rock and Roll Always Forgets': 25 years of unique pop-music writing
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Mindy Kaling's favorite books
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William Shatner reads from 'Shatner Rules' -- EXCLUSIVE
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Mindy Kaling: Her fashion blog is back! -- and it features a preview of her book
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'Bossypants' by Tina Fey sells 1 million copies
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Comics legend Stephen R. Bissette talks about his new book, 'Teen Angels and New Mutants'