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Sex Goblin

“I’m just looking to be anything else.”

The following is an excerpt of Sex Goblin by Lauren Cook, forthcoming from Nightboat Books on May 28, 2024.

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Don’t tell me how it ends.

on the recent eclipse and artist and programmer Harold Cohen. 

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Occlusion

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"There are wants, and there are needs."

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This is happiness

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"It’s easy to remain clueless about how the world works for most people."

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In service 

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Doing more with less, together. 

on whether the middle class writer is a myth. 

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Writing as labor

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Real writers, real budgets.

reached out to four different writers to anonymously document a week in their financial lives. 

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Money diaries

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Contemporary literary novels are haunted by the absence of money.

on what happens when novels aren't clear about money. 

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Conspicuously absent

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A new series from Dirt and Literary Hub.

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Cutting class 

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