Lauren Elkin's essays have appeared in many publications, including the New York Times Book Review, Frieze, and the Times Literary Supplement, and she is a contributing editor at the White Review. A native New Yorker, she moved to Paris in 2004.
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Coming across the term 'art monster' in Jenny Offill's 2014 novel Dept. of Speculation, Lauren Elkin was intrigued. What kinds of connections might there be between art and monstrosity, and how was it different when the artist in question was a woman? Ar... SEE MORE