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The Many Faces of Lolita [NSFW-ish]
The Many Faces of Lolita [NSFW-ish]
By Freddie Moore
June 23, 2014

Despite Nabokov’s wishes, many designers have had a go at trying to illustrate his infamous nymphet.

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Daddy Dearest: 10 Literary Fathers and Father Figures to be Glad Aren't Your Own
Daddy Dearest: 10 Literary Fathers and Father Figures to be Glad Aren't Your Own
By Michelle King
June 13, 2014

At least your dad didn’t abandon you on top of a mountain when you were a baby.

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Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Read This: 9 Books Targeted for “Trigger Warnings”
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Read This: 9 Books Targeted for “Trigger Warnings”
By Justin Glawe
May 21, 2014

The Great Gatsby, Mrs. Dalloway, This is How You Lose Her — a movement on college campuses hopes to mark such works as possibly traumatic.

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Kill Your Darlings: 7 of the Most WTF Deaths in Literature
Kill Your Darlings: 7 of the Most WTF Deaths in Literature
By Freddie Moore
May 13, 2014

Could all of these deaths make it into a song unsoundly titled “Ironic?” See for yourself, Alanis Morissette.

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Celebrate Limerick Day with Poems About 3 Classic Novels
Celebrate Limerick Day with Poems About 3 Classic Novels
By Freddie Moore
May 12, 2014

These three poems might not be as dirty as “A Man from Nantucket,” but with Nabokov, Bukowski and McInerney, we’re getting close.

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Having a Patrick Bateman Monday or Panglossed for the Weekend?
Having a Patrick Bateman Monday or Panglossed for the Weekend?
By Genna Rivieccio
May 06, 2014

From ecstatic to suicidal, an emotional scale based on your favorite literary characters.

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Literotica: Sophisticated Smut for Highbrow Readers
Literotica: Sophisticated Smut for Highbrow Readers
By Michelle King
February 11, 2014

Rather than reading 50 Shades of Grey, grab one of these 10 highbrow novels for your erotic fix.

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