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Hillary Kelly

Hillary Kelly is a critic and essayist. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times.

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April 7, 2014
Hillary Kelly
Tonight's 'Game of Thrones' Had Some of the Series' Best Banter Yet
February 23, 2014
Hillary Kelly
Don't Call Henry David Thoreau a Hermit
February 21, 2014
Hillary Kelly
George Eliot's Strangely Modern Life
February 20, 2014
Hillary Kelly
John Sutherland's Little History of Literature Skims Too Lightly Over Its Subject
January 14, 2014
Hillary Kelly
Your Email Address Isn't Personal Information. Get Over It.
January 14, 2014
Hillary Kelly
The Women Who Changed Celebrity-Worship Forever
January 8, 2014
Hillary Kelly
We Don't Need Another Book About How Much You Love Reading
December 10, 2013
Hillary Kelly
Emily Dickinson’s Poetry As It Was Meant To Be Read
December 4, 2013
Hillary Kelly
The Best Response to Grammar Nazis, Ever
Stephen Fry nails it
November 19, 2013
Hillary Kelly
Admit It, You’re All Just Jealous of Martha Stewart
November 5, 2013
Hillary Kelly
Ann Patchett Should Stick to Fiction
November 1, 2013
Hillary Kelly
Perhaps The Best Ad in The New Republic's History
November 1, 2013
Hillary Kelly
6 Great Works of Literature Written in 6 Weeks or Less
October 31, 2013
Hillary Kelly
9 Made-Up Words That Perfectly Describe The Human Condition
October 16, 2013
Hillary Kelly
Donna Tartt's 'The Goldfinch' Has Divided Critics. It Shouldn't Have.
The new novel is Dickensian. Reading it is hard times.
October 10, 2013
Hillary Kelly
I've Never Wanted to Read Jane Austen Fan Fiction, Until Now
October 8, 2013
Hillary Kelly
Dave Eggers's Overwrought Paranoia
September 13, 2013
Hillary Kelly
7 Smuggest Lines from Jonathan Franzen's Rant Against Smugness
August 26, 2013
Hillary Kelly
Ten Other Posthumously Discovered Novels
Salinger isn't the only one
June 17, 2013
Hillary Kelly
About that Rand Paul Cover Photo...
A Conversation with Platon

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