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All of us are seeking ways to get out of reality

Book Talk with Craig Willse: Providence, addiction, the discourse

3 hrs ago •

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Songbirds, rats, assorted sounds and saunas

Q3 winners and losers, Q4 anticipations

Sep 25 •

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Food poisoning, Claudette Colbert, canonical high art

5 Screwball Things with Marissa Higgins

Sep 11 •

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Have you swooned yet today?

Yes or no, I have a book to share with you

Sep 4 •

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Wrecked: End of Summer Edition

Referential's media diet for late summer ennui

Aug 28 •

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For a novel to work, you need oppositional figures

Book Talk with Kyle Dillon Hertz: The Lookback Window, writing anger, Fire Island

Jul 24 •

Michael Colbert

I'm going to be the star of the show

Book Talk with Lucas Schaefer: The Slip, MFA vs. Austin, writer marriages

Jul 17 •

Michael Colbert

Delulu positivity, asceticism, worsening jokes

5 Hot Girl Recession Indicators with Benedict Nguyễn

Jul 10 •

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Is everyone on Fire Island without me?

Media diet and ephemera for summertime FOMO

Jul 3 •

Michael Colbert

I actually feel a spiritual connection to the stories that I'm telling

On the road with Kristin White, bookseller and guide in St. George's, Bermuda

Jun 26 •

Michael Colbert

Referential's Queer Book Club

10 queer writers and artists weigh in on the books they love

Jun 5 •

Michael Colbert

You know, you remind me of Einstein

What to read after you've finished The Rehearsal

May 29 •

Michael Colbert

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