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Dec 3, 2025
Is it the year of the man?
I still remember seeing, last year, the front page of The New York Times after Donald Trump’s election: “AMERICA HIRES A...
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Nov 19, 2025
In one of my favorite clips from The Simpsons, Marge Simpson sits on a green stool. “At times like this,” she says, “I guess all you can do is laugh.”...
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Nov 3, 2025
There were too many wonderful books coming out this fall to cover in one list, so we broke it into two this year. Perfect for gifts, yourself, or to cram in to achieve your Goodreads...
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Oct 28, 2025
I never knew how sensitive I was until I started to write. Anything less than 100% praise will send me off-kilter; someone I was dating at the time said an essay of mine was...
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Oct 3, 2025
If we’re being honest, table tennis is kind of dinky. It’s a game played in the interstitial moments of life: between meals at a resort, in a basement belonging to...
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Sep 18, 2025
“If you are going to shit yourself,” goes the first sentence of the filthy and brilliant Calls May Be Recorded, “it’s most likely to happen on your own...
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Sep 11, 2025
I have a certain fondness for the gym bro. There’s a puppy-like, amateurish idea that you can decimate your body and push it to failure with the obliteration of the mind. It...
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Sep 1, 2025
This year, summer took a while to let go of. After a long winter, I yearned for hot, sweaty days, walking around with sunglasses on and stopping by the public pool. But the other day...
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Aug 13, 2025
Recently I went on a date with someone who showed me a forearm scar he got from hopping a barbed wire fence when he was in high school, trespassing an abandoned pool. The cops came,...
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Jul 25, 2025
My favorite Britney Spears music video is “Sometimes.” Dressed in an all-white turtleneck and cargo pants on a picturesque boardwalk, Britney dances through somewhat...
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Jul 24, 2025
Anything goes in Kyle Seibel’s debut story collection. The former mayor of Baghdad opens a popular restaurant, whose eventual failure one resident worries about. A disgraced...
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Jun 2, 2025
The time has come to sit on decks and sunburn; to sweat and cool off. Summer is always my favorite season to read, and whether you like to do it by a pool, beach, or with a window...
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May 8, 2025
Akari has arrived at a particularly tough moment in Mariko and Dan’s relationship. The cinematographer has just arrived at her sister’s place in New York to crash on...
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Mar 19, 2025
The weather is finally turning, and the dark days of winter are over. Earlier this week I was able to sit outside, get some sun, and indulge in some great books — though...
Dec 3, 2025Is it the year of the man? I still remember seeing, last year, the front page of The New York Times after Donald Trump’s election: “AMERICA HIRES A...
Nov 3, 2025There were too many wonderful books coming out this fall to cover in one list, so we broke it into two this year. Perfect for gifts, yourself, or to cram in to achieve your Goodreads...
Oct 28, 2025I never knew how sensitive I was until I started to write. Anything less than 100% praise will send me off-kilter; someone I was dating at the time said an essay of mine was...
Sep 11, 2025I have a certain fondness for the gym bro. There’s a puppy-like, amateurish idea that you can decimate your body and push it to failure with the obliteration of the mind. It...
Jul 25, 2025My favorite Britney Spears music video is “Sometimes.” Dressed in an all-white turtleneck and cargo pants on a picturesque boardwalk, Britney dances through somewhat...
May 8, 2025Akari has arrived at a particularly tough moment in Mariko and Dan’s relationship. The cinematographer has just arrived at her sister’s place in New York to crash on...