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Stephanie Burt

Stephanie Burt is a literary critic, professor, and poet whose most recent collection is We Are Mermaids.

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Study in Alienation: ‘Dead in Long Beach, California’

Critic and poet Stephanie Burt examines Venita Blackburn’s book, the July California Book Club selection, interrogating and locating its choices, movements, and predecessors.

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The Simultaneity of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Past, Present, and Future Visions

Critic and poet Stephanie Burt considers perceptions of California and the art of looking in The Gold Coast, the November California Book Club pick.