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A new home for books coverage at Dirt.

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Swimming in the culture.

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I Love Shopping

"Everything is simultaneously old and new with me."

The following is an excerpt of [I Love Shopping](https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-love-shopping/21652118?ean=9781643622866&next=t&affiliate=114129) by Lauren Cook, forthcoming from Nightboat Books on April 8, 2025.

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“One more cup of wine for our remaining happiness.”

on the fashions and fancies of Gagosian’s Cy Twombly opening.

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"She just wanted to be left alone"

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Once upon a time. 

is a literary agent, editor, and writer in Evanston, Illinois.

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