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    Amaterasu Ōmikami

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    Shred Sisters

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    Grove Press

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    Model Home

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    A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

    In Rivers Solomon's novel Model Home, main character Ezri Maxwell reflects on Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun — about a Black family living in Chicago after World War II, the ...

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    The Mighty Red

    Permit me to break the fourth wall. Like any good reviewer, I aim to analyze a book dispassionately, on its own terms. But personally, the true sign of a powerful work of fiction is if I dream about ...

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    The Dangers of Roundup Ready Seeds

    In Louise Erdrich's novel The Mighty Red, a rural community in North Dakota grapples with common problems facing agricultural centers—the bankruptcy of small farms and resulting consolidation ...

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    The Palace of Eros

    When male suitors intended for her older sisters spread a rumor that Psyche's beauty surpasses that of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty herself, Psyche is forced to endure the daily crowds of ...

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    The Greek Myth of Eros and Psyche

    In the original Greek myth that The Palace of Eros retells, Psyche is the youngest daughter of a king and the most beautiful woman in all the land. She is mistaken for Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty...

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    Rejection

    A young man identifying as a feminist tumbles down the incel rabbit hole after a lifetime of sexual and romantic rejection. A woman alienates friends and potential future partners after a one-night ...

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    Rejected Authors

    The final, titular story of Tony Tulathimutte's collection Rejection is styled as a letter from a publisher explaining to the author why they will not be publishing the book. This form is used as ...

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