Having a fairly common name gives Rachel Lyon occasional glimpses into the lives of her doppelgangers — and the roads she has not taken.
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Does the Woman in the Painting Have a Secret?
In the wake of her mother’s passing, Dylan Landis wrestles with unanswered questions about love and art, and imagines different possibilities of what could have been.
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Sam Lipsyte on ‘Mental Archery,’ the Quest for Certainty, and Where All the Money Went
“It’s difficult to say what you really think. You’re too aware of the traps, the dead ends, the cul-de-sacs of utterance: all the ways we let cliché steer us in a certain direction, force us to say not quite what we mean…”
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Brendan Fraser’s #MeToo Moment
Actor Brendan Fraser reveals he was touched inappropriately — and says it’s behind why he vanished from the scene for more than a decade.
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Lurve You? Or Loathe You?
Maybe Woody Allen’s romantic comedies weren’t terribly romantic after all.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Translation is Messy, Which is Why Google Translate Will Never Be Very Good at It
The popular online tool is great at rapid decoding. Extracting meaning? Not so much.
Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Story
The House on Mayo Road
Dur e Aziz Amna considers the year in Pakistan when everything changed.
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How ‘Austin Powers’ Became the First Cult Hit of the DVD Era
The film, which turned 20 this week, feels incredibly out of step with our dystopian present.
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A Childhood in Cars
How one young man cut against the grain of American masculinity and freed himself from car culture.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story
Alexa de Paris
Miles Marshall Lewis remembers a love of Prince and Paris.
