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Bookends: Should Writers Avoid Sentimentality? [23 Sep 2014|02:00pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3ebf388d/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C280Cbooks0Creview0Cshould0Ewriters0Eavoid0Esentimentality0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/books/review/should-writers-avoid-sentimentality.html Roland Barthes said, “It is no longer the sexual which is indecent, it is the sentimental.” Zoë Heller and Leslie Jamison debate whether sentimentality is still a cardinal sin for writers. post comment

Lena Dunham’s Memoir-ish ‘Not That Kind of Girl’ [23 Sep 2014|05:43pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3ec11c6e/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C240Cbooks0Clena0Edunhams0Ememoir0Eish0Enot0Ethat0Ekind0Eof0Egirl0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/books/lena-dunhams-memoir-ish-not-that-kind-of-girl.html In her new book of personal essays, “Not That Kind of Girl,” Lena Dunham candidly describes the experience of making her way in the world. post comment

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