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Pens and Poison

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Pens and Poison, “Liza Libes”, is a fiction site on pensandpoison.org, in English, funded by its readers: about 117 paying supporters on Buy Me a Coffee, estimated.

Literary analyses and cultural critiques in a Substack newsletter by author Liza Libes, called Pens and Poison.

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Latest posts

• The Literary Establishment Wants to Lobotomize You2026-10-12
• Why Crime and Punishment is the Second-Greatest Novel Ever Written2026-10-05
• Cathy Ames Is Evil. That’s the Point.2026-09-28
• How Bad Writing Became Literary2026-09-21
• This Book Is Everything Wrong With Modern Literature2026-09-14
• Provocative Insights From an Unapologetic Classicist2026-09-07
• How to *Actually* Write a Novel2026-08-31
• 12 Literary Opinions That Would Get Me Kicked Out of an MFA Program2026-08-24

From the site's feed, read 2026-10-14.

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• substack https://pensandpoison.org/subscribeverified 2026-08-30
• substack https://pensandpoison.substack.com/subscribeverified 2026-09-16

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