A reported personal essay by Gary Shteyngart. The Russian-born novelist and memoirist confesses to an obsession with expensive mechanical watches, which intensified through the 2016 Presidential race. He quells his growing anxiety by taking tours of German watchmaking facilities, and comparing rarefied ticking treasures with other watch geeks.
Sari Botton
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‘Happy 1396’: Porochista Khakpour on Feeling Apprehensive this Nowruz, the Persian New Year
“This year, once Nowruz announced itself to me, I wanted to forget it.”
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Why this Persian New Year is Different
A personal essay by Iranian-born novelist Porochista Khakpour about her apprehension and lack of excitement about Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at a time when it feels unsafe to be of Muslim heritage in America.
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‘You Can Help in Ways That I Cannot’: Ijeoma Oluo on Putting Your White Privilege to Work Against Racism
A manifesto of the anti-racist movement for white people and others who are just joining.
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Welcome To The Anti-Racism Movement — Here’s What You’ve Missed
Writer Ijeoma Oluo schools well-meaning white people–who are late to the party–in the hard, thankless work of relinquishing their unearned privilege and fighting racism.
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Rachel Cusk on Eschewing her ‘Cuskness’ For Her Alter-Ego in ‘Outline’ and ‘Transit’
Rachel Cusk talks to Heidi Julavits about the “trench” she digs between herself and representations of herself, in both memoir and “autofiction.”
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Enormous Changes… Arrived at Slowly, Over a the Course of a Politically Engaged Lifetime
On the persistent, patient activism of late author Grace Paley and her recurring character, Faith Darwin Asbury.
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Choose Your Own Rachel Cusk
A profile of feminist author–memoirist, novelist–Rachel Cusk, and the many contradictions contained within her, and her writing.
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The Stubborn Optimist
A profile of late author and activist Grace Paley, and her perseverance in fighting uphill political battles, on the page and in real life.
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Rebecca Solnit Explains Things–Expertly
Rebecca Solnit is expert at crystalizing common experiences in such a way that lays bare deeply ingrained patriarchal influences