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Life imitates art in ‘Tehran’
The night Israel launched its stunning aerial campaign against Iran last month, incredible…
When They Let Women Paint
Shoplifting, murder, acid-throwing, hammer blows, knives, guns, and nearly every kind of threat…
The appeal of the void
I was halfway asleep on a very long plane ride when the flight attendant made a request. “Is…
Walter A. McDougall’s history of American power
In one of the earlier chapters of historian Walter A. McDougall’s recently compiled volume The…
The circle of Long Life
“The thing about zebras,” my safari guide said, “is that they always look a little fat. But…
The Army sport of soldier teasing
Military humor is often crude and sometimes too terrible to explain in detail in the hallowed…
What do we get out of watching ‘My 600-lb Life’?
Like most reality TV shows, like most TV shows, like most storytelling, period, TLC’s My 600-lb…
The resurgence of the handwritten
Itoya, a store entirely dedicated to the craft of writing by hand, comprises 12 sunlit stories…
’28 Years Later’ and the permanent apocalypse
In 2003, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland introduced the concept of fast…
When the murder mystery and the campus satire collide
The campus novel may have its origins in the early 1950s with Mary McCarthy’s satire The Groves…
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