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✖️On Art, Alternative Histories, and the Arbitrariness of Life with Catherine Lacey✖️

The Shakespeare and Company Interview

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The Counterfactuality of Biography of X

Biography of X is a novel about two women in the mid 20th century. It's narrated by one woman, but there are other narrators as well. The book has what might be termed 'reality effects' - things that only make sense within the world of the novel. But it also contains some counterfactual elements which don't even fit into the story.

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