Under Cover

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Alicia Novella Vasquez.

 

We asked 19 writers to photograph themselves in bed with their favorite reads.

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NATASHA STAGG

Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

Photo by Danny Gallegos

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MANDY HARRIS WILLIAMS

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman

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LIARA ROUX

Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature by Donna J. Haraway

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CORINNE HAMILTON

Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse

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MICHELLE LHOOQ

True Hallucinations by Terence McKenna

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LIANA SATENSTEIN

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

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LA WARMAN

How to Die by Seneca

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RACHEL RABBIT WHITE

Inner Experience by Georges Bataille

Photo by Rachel Oyster Kim and Alex Heron

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BIZ SHERBERT

All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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ALICIA NOVELLA VASQUEZ

Digital Tarkovsky by Metahaven

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VIVIEN LEE

Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil

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WHITNEY MALLETT

Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim

Photo by Isaiah Davis

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MCKENZIE WARK

Memoirs of My Nervous Illness by Daniel Paul Schreber

Photo by Jessica Dunn Rovinelli

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TOURMALINE

The Astonishing Power of Emotions by Esther and Jerry Hicks

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JASMINE SANDERS

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson

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HANNAH BAER

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

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FIONA ALISON DUNCAN

Florynce “Flo” Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical by Sherie M. Randolph

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PRECIOUS OKOYOMON

M Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

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MARLOWE GRANADOS

Mr. Right Is Dead by Rona Jaffe

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All photographs courtesy of their subjects.