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JD Vance, D.E.I. Candidate
Ever since speculation began that Vice President Kamala Harris might replace President Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket, there has been a steady, ugly chorus on the right. The New York Post published a column that declared that Harris would ...
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ChatGPT vs. Me: Who Will Write a Better Beach Read?
What makes a beach read a beach read? Is it an escapist subject matter? A frothy tone? Or is any book you read on a beach automatically a beach read? I’m the author of seven novels and one short-story collection, and I have no idea what the answer is ...
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What Ethan Hawke’s ‘Wildcat’ Gets Right About Flannery O’Connor
Those familiar with her menagerie of grotesques, her views of Southern society, her tortured faith and inner contradictions will get what his film is doing.
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2 Books Go Behind Bars With Palestinians
MY BROTHER, MY LAND: A Story From Palestine, by Sami Hermez with Sireen Sawalha THE TALE OF A WALL: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom, by Nasser Abu Srour. Translated by Luke Leafgren. “The story of Palestine cannot be told smoothly ...
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‘Monkey Man’ Review: Vengeance Is His
Dev Patel stars as Kid, a human punching bag who comes up with a plan to avenge a past wrong. The hits keep coming and the hero keeps taking them in this rapid-fire film.
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Newyork
What I Saw Working at The National Enquirer During Donald Trump’s Rise
On Tuesday, April 4, 2023, I was outside Manhattan criminal court. It was a sunny spring day, and the Secret Service and the Police Department had blocked off the streets with barricades. The sidewalks were clogged with news crews from around the ...
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Gene Wilder and Frida Kahlo in Their Own Words (for Better and Worse)
These documentaries draw us in by giving the sense that we’re getting the story straight from the artists. But we’re not always getting the full picture.
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Kelly Link Returns with a Dreamlike, Profoundly Beautiful Novel
In “The Book of Love,” the Pulitzer finalist and master of short stories pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel can be.
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How Telling Stories to My Daughter Got Me Through the Darkest Times
I was nursing a 4-month-old baby when Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election in 2018. It was a disaster, and I knew it right away. My daughter — let’s call her Potato — kept on sucking while I shed tears over her head. Then I changed her ...
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Helping a Child Navigate Grief? Open a Picture Book.
“But where did he go?” “Can she see us?” “Why didn’t Pop bring his glasses?” Kids have questions about death, and we don’t always have answers. In fact, we rarely do; we have questions of our own! If you’ve ever been at the intersection of loss and ...