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The Meaning of Literary Pilgrimages

by Allison O'Toole · September 4, 2015
Allison O'Toole on the meaningful relationship between beloved works of literature and the real, physical spaces readers visit on literary pilgrimages.
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How To Tell If You Are In An Oscar Wilde Play

by Elyse Martin · July 14, 2015
Might you be living in an Oscar Wilde play?
Perfidy and Wretched Villainy

Lord Alfred Douglas, Dirtbag

by Mallory Ortberg · August 28, 2014
The unparalleled dirtbag of the Victorian set, Lord Alfred Douglas.

More by Mallory Ortberg

  • Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market,” As I Understand It

  • Lord Byron’s “Fare Thee Well,” or “I Just Think It’s Funny How”

  • Questions I Have Asked During The Only Episode Of Doctor Who I Have Ever Seen Until My Friend Said “Okay, Mallory, Why Don’t You Write Your Questions Down And Ask Them All After We’re Done Watching?”

  • Joan Didion and Anna Wintour: Best Friends Forever

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Literary Trysts It Gives Me Great Joy To Think About: Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman

by Mallory Ortberg · September 17, 2013
I don't know what else to tell you. Oscar Wilde almost definitely had sex with Walt Whitman.

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