A profile of filmmaker Nicole Holofcener, whose movies — from her 1996 debut, “Walking and Talking,” to the as yet to be released “Land of Steady Habits” — are informed to varying degrees by her own experiences.
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The Dangerous Beauty of Russian
“A friend had handed down a beautiful book of Daniil Kharms poems for children… One was a song about a man who went into the forest with a club and a bag, and never returned.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Here Be Tigers
If thousands of Australians claim to have seen the Tasmanian Tiger in the wild, then did it really go extinct in 1936?
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‘Premonitions Are Impossible, and They Come True All the Time’
What if the prediction of your death could bring it about?
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Unapologetic Women
Rock Me Gently
The classic rock star wanted to stick it to The Man, and did so bender by selfish bender. The new rock star knows you can’t do it alone.
Posted inCrime, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
We’ve All Been Unreliable Witnesses to Lorena
“I’ll put myself through the jokes and everything as long as I can shine a light on domestic violence and sexual assault and marital rape.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Aaron Hamburger, William Finnegan, Cecilie Maria Kallestrup and Katrine Jo Anderson, Hannah Jane Parkinson, and Amy Westervelt.
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10 Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2020
Stories by Edwidge Danticat, Etgar Keret, Valeria Luiselli, and more.
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Across the World in 80 Days
People are building rockets to propel themselves miles high so they can look down and confirm the disk-shaped flatness of our planet.
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Sign O’ The Times: Paisley Park Offers A Public Tour
At Paisley Park, the most palpable feeling isn’t of Prince, it’s of loneliness.
