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Vegetation

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Crying in Luke’s Lobster

Shrek 2

Requiem for the DVD menu

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Grizzly man

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Bad waitress

Blood smeared over mouth, still from Dogtooth (2009) 

The Question of U

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A Little Life

Opening night at A Little Life.

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Hey Jude

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The aesthetic of bookishness, Industry Q&A, and the latest streaming news.

on books as aesthetic signifiers. A recap of the live Q&A with Industry (HBO) creators on our Discord. And, the latest in streaming news.

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Booksmart

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Pairing books with perfume.

gives Dirt readers her expert book and perfume recommendations as a librarian and fraghead. (Cognoscenti?)

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Heaven scent

Gossip Girl: Psycho Killer, 2011. (Poppy)


Gossip Girl: Psycho Killer

Hey, Upper East Siders. 🗡️

on Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl: Psycho Killer, a cutting piece of work.

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Blair Waldorf, Patrick Bateman

The Novelist Jordan Castro

The author lives (especially on TikTok).

on Jordan Castro’s The Novelist and a reader’s need to identify with their favorite authors.

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'The Novelist' is anti-autofiction

Moderan

The existential anxieties of an empire that finally understood it could die.

on a midcentury warning from David R. Bunch.

The future is Moderan

Amor Cringe

A "deepfake autofiction" novelette.

's excerpt of Amor Cringe (Deluge Books, April 2022).

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