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Exile in Leslieville

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I’m having a week. My first piece for Canadian media is up today on CBC Arts. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/an-american-in-toronto-everything-changed-just-as-this-writer-started-calling-the-city-home-1.5543054

My Never-Ending Migraine

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This chronicle of my headache woes has gotten a wonderful response. Thanks to everyone who read on Medium.

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We’re Living in the Joan Rivers Age of Comedy

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I wrote about the life and impact of Joan Rivers for The New Republic.

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In Defense of Trash: Why Pleasure Should Never Be Guilty

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I wrote about why I don’t believe in guilty pleasures for Literary Hub.

 

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An Original Adventure

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Me on the parties and pathos of Elizabeth Hardwick in the The Believer.

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Critical Intimacy

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On Susan Sontag’s life, death, and obituaries, from The Believer.

Obsessed with the Dresses

April 20, 2020 / Lisa Levy

This, my first literary magazine publication, was a very long time in the making, and the remaking, and the submitting, and more submitting, etc. I’m still amazed that “Obsessed with the Dresses” actually made it into publication and I’m grateful for the many friends who helped along the way.

No Biggie, Just Me in the TLS

January 19, 2020 / Lisa Levy

My debut in the TLS is a brief review of Jeannie Vanasco’s heart-wrenching Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl.

My 2019 Top Ten List

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 / Lisa Levy

We did a bunch of year-end lists at Crime Reads (I particularly did the psychological thrillers) but I thought maybe I’d do a more inclusive year-end list, which reflects what I actually read, These are in no particular order, though I’d make a special plea for Snyder’s book, which I don’t feel like it got the publicity it deserves: Continue reading →

The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 / Lisa Levy

For a Sontag geek like me this was pure pleasure (at Lit Hub).

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