Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Here, Claire Dederer expands her viral Paris Review essay ‘What Do We Do With the Art of Monstrous Men’ into an extensive examination of whether we can appreciate literature, film, or visual arts outside of the context of its creator’s life and values. Is it possible to separate the art from the artist? Nylon magazine said it was “a book that’s not afraid to say, ‘I don’t know,’ written by an author who isn’t afraid of her mind changing as she unpacks everything from Woody Allen’s Manhattan to Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita”. From the bestselling author of Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses.