If you don’t know what to do with great art made by horrible people, you need Monsters. Dederer’s surprisingly personal look at the issue is insightful and soooo smart. Her thoughts on Woody Allen, Michael Jackson, Virginia Woolf—and Nabokov’s Lolita—are fascinating and revelatory.

If you don’t know what to do with great art made by horrible people, you need Monsters. Dederer’s surprisingly personal look at the issue is insightful and soooo smart. Her thoughts on Woody Allen, Michael Jackson, Virginia Woolf—and Nabokov’s Lolita—are fascinating and revelatory.

Lecture 8: Claire Dederer’s Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma

If you love to read, The Foxed Page is for you. With these deep dives into the best books, you’ll gain a richer understanding of the title at hand, all while learning to read everything better.
Choose from long-form lectures, quick recommendations, talks on old favorites and plenty of episodes from the archives.
Listen to The Foxed Page--with Kimberly Ford, best-selling author, former adjunct professor and Ph.D.

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If you love to read, The Foxed Page is for you. With these deep dives into the best books, you’ll gain a richer understanding of the title at hand, all while learning to read everything better. Choose from long-form lectures, quick recommendations, talks on old favorites and plenty of episodes from the archives. Listen to The Foxed Page--with Kimberly Ford, best-selling author, former adjunct professor and Ph.D.

If you love to read, The Foxed Page is for you. With these deep dives&nbsp;into the best books, you’ll gain a richer understanding of the title at hand,&nbsp;all while learning to read everything better.
Choose from long-form lectures, quick recommendations, talks on old favorites and plenty of episodes from the archives.
Listen to The Foxed Page--with Kimberly Ford,&nbsp;best-selling author, former adjunct professor and Ph.D.

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