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        <title><![CDATA[Dead Critics - Medium]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A blog by Lisa Levy about dead critics, a few live critics, and the nature of critical inquiry. - Medium]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Defense of Trash: Why Pleasure Should Never Be Guilty]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:34:07 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T17:34:07.220Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Lisa Levy, <a href="http://lithub.com/in-defense-of-trash/">Literary Hub</a>, August 25</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=bea681e032ec" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/in-defense-of-trash-why-pleasure-should-never-be-guilty-bea681e032ec">In Defense of Trash: Why Pleasure Should Never Be Guilty</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Perils and Pleasures of Rereading]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:26:13 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T17:26:13.124Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Millions, November 11, 2011</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=14a0fa8dd890" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/the-perils-and-pleasures-of-rereading-14a0fa8dd890">The Perils and Pleasures of Rereading</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[“Is This Any Fun?”]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:25:55 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T17:25:55.217Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>EMERSONIAN PRAGMATIST AND PRESCIENT HIGH-LOW CULTURAL CRITIC RICHARD POIRIER BELIEVED THAT READING “DENSE” LITERATURE WAS LIKE MANUAL LABOR, OR HAVING SEX</h4><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=63eb46a8d7c1" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/is-this-any-fun-63eb46a8d7c1">“Is This Any Fun?”</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[“Incoherent, Admiring, Affectionate brothers”]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T17:25:33.636Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me on <a href="http://thesecondpass.com/?p=6419">Henry and William James</a> at The Second Pass.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=875eddcaa288" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/incoherent-admiring-affectionate-brothers-875eddcaa288">“Incoherent, Admiring, Affectionate brothers”</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[“An Original Adventure”]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:24:43 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T17:24:43.109Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The parties and pathos of Elizabeth Hardwick from the May 2008 issue of <a href="http://www.believermag.com/issues/200805/?read=article_levy"><em>The Believer</em></a>.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=2e00167b44cb" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/an-original-adventure-2e00167b44cb">“An Original Adventure”</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[“Critical Intimacy”]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:23:46 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T16:42:49.360Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Susan Sontag’s life, death, and obituaries, from <a href="http://www.believermag.com/issues/200604/?read=article_levy">The Believer</a>, April 2006.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=ae54d54edb57" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/critical-intimacy-ae54d54edb57">“Critical Intimacy”</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Positively Fourth Street by David Hadju]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:23:29 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T16:45:47.569Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Book Review, <a href="http://www.ew.com/article/2001/06/08/positively-4th-street-lives-and-times-joan-baez-bob-dylan-mimi-baez-farina-and"><em>Entertainment Weekly</em></a>, June 8, 2001</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=fe5105c6e5c7" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/positively-fourth-street-by-david-hadju-fe5105c6e5c7">Positively Fourth Street by David Hadju</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[WOMEN’S EXPRESSIONS OF GRIEF, FROM MOURNING CLOTHES TO MEMORY BOOKS]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/dead-critics/womens-expressions-of-grief-from-mourning-clothes-to-memory-books-7e1cc0aaf152?source=rss----1f474ad9ba11---4</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:22:53 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T16:48:44.501Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Lisa Levy, <a href="http://daily.jstor.org/women-and-mourning/"><em>JSTOR</em></a>, December 10, 2014</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=7e1cc0aaf152" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/womens-expressions-of-grief-from-mourning-clothes-to-memory-books-7e1cc0aaf152">WOMEN’S EXPRESSIONS OF GRIEF, FROM MOURNING CLOTHES TO MEMORY BOOKS</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Rise of the Literary Espionage Novel]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:08:19 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T16:54:58.229Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Lisa Levy, <a href="https://psmag.com/the-rise-of-the-literary-espionage-novel-e9d4f29671a1#.y8recq20e"><em>Pacific Standard</em></a>, December 10. 2014</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=4ecb253e789e" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/the-rise-of-the-literary-espionage-novel-4ecb253e789e">The Rise of the Literary Espionage Novel</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jessica Jones is a Crash Course on Consent]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/dead-critics/jessica-jones-is-a-crash-course-on-consent-7e8df06e50d7?source=rss----1f474ad9ba11---4</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Levy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:05:40 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2016-09-18T16:57:55.257Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Lisa Levy, <a href="http://www.damemagazine.com/2015/12/08/netflixs-jessica-jones-crash-course-consent"><em>Dame Magazine</em></a>, November 2013</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=7e8df06e50d7" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics/jessica-jones-is-a-crash-course-on-consent-7e8df06e50d7">Jessica Jones is a Crash Course on Consent</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dead-critics">Dead Critics</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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