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LRB · Emily Witt · Diary: Online Dating

I am not usually comfortable in a bar by myself, but I had been in San Francisco for a week and the apartment I sublet had no chairs in it, just a bed and a couch. My friends in town were married or…
AUTHOR:Emily Witt
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3766 words)

Lauren Quinn | How Hip-Hop Saved Me In Cairo

I sat in the dingy-walled lobby of Dina’s Hotel in Downtown Cairo, listening to music and staring at a Facebook feed—you know, immersing myself in local culture. I was slapping at the…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3555 words)
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