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New Yorkand Vulture readers know:Andrea Long Chuhas a one-of-a-kind mind.

Pulitzer-winner Andrea Long Chu.

Ottessa Moshfegh Is Praying for Us:The author has been hailed as a high priestess of filth.

Really, Chu argues, she wants to purify her readers.

Misreading Octavia Butler:Debunking the widespread idea that Butlers groundbreaking science fiction was an extended slavery parable.

Out of that friction comes a review whose arrival is always an event.

We are proud to be her colleagues, and offer our excited congratulations.

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