“Is there anyone who doesn’t sometimes imagine an audience for even the most unremarkable moments of her life?”
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Collecting Rare Sneakers from Japan
Japan began producing limited edition sneakers in the 1990s. Now a new global wave of sneaker enthusiasts have begun seeking its rarities.
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“Different Days” for Jason Isbell
“I’m grateful that I was a drunk. I’m grateful that I know what all those things are like, what those feelings are like, how bad it can hurt, how great it can feel.”
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The Shopper’s Dream of an Optimized Life
The subscription-based business model saves customers time, but it doesn’t help you use that extra time for anything beneficial. In a way you’ll feel good about.
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The Streaming Service of the Moment
“So yes, I admit it. I subscribed to Disney+ on the pretext of occupying my kids, but of course – of course – I actually bought it for myself.”
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How Margaret Atwood is Passing Time During the Pandemic
“I present some of my more bizarre self-isolation activities. You can do some of them at home. Though perhaps you won’t wish to.”
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How A Nonagenarian Insists We Can Avoid The Age of Loneliness
“He frames what we don’t know about our planet and what lives on it as a thrilling mystery, an opportunity to learn rather than a problem too daunting or, worse, too late to confront.”
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9,000 Seconds, With Only 47 to Spare
“As he would later tell me, running was the rare sport where you mostly competed against yourself. You could learn without having to lose.”
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“All The Best”: Rest Easy, John Prine
I wish you love / And happiness / I guess I wish you / All the best
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Let’s Not Talk About Estrangement
“I’ve always had the sense that my mother’s side of the family is, in fact, diminished by my uncle’s absence. Or at least diminished in their quiet response to it.”