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Jun 26 • 9 tweets • 4 min read

This Sunday, revisit a selection of pieces about adolescence and teen-age yearning. #NewYorkerArchive
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Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl,” from 1978, is “a miniature masterpiece of storytelling that exhibits an intimate knowledge of the often narrow confines of girlhood,” @erinoverbey writes.
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@erinoverbey In “The Shit-Kickers of Madison Avenue,” Lillian Ross explores the world of private-school teens on the Upper East Side.
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Joseph Mitchell describes a 1940 visit with a nine-year-old prodigy who eats steaks raw, plays poker, and is the composer of more than 60 pieces for the piano.
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In “Just Like Children Leading Normal Lives,” from 1943, the burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee reflects on her life as a school-age entertainer.
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@widdikombe

In a piece from 2010, @widdikombe examines the intriguing work of the young fashion blogger and editor Tavi Gevinson.
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Walter Bernstein considers the highs and lows in the lives of teen street-gang members in 1950s Brooklyn.
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@colsonwhitehead

In “The Gangsters,” by @colsonwhitehead, an adult narrator recounts his summers among a group of Black teens on Long Island.
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In “Tamara,” by Vladimir Nabokov, which was published six years before the release of “Lolita,” a man recalls an adolescent romance with a teen-age girl he encountered in Russia.
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