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“Then Things Went Bad”: How I Won $264 at Preakness

“Then Things Went Bad”: How I Won $264 at Preakness

Photograph by Tarpley Hitt. There’s a shortage of good signs en route to the Pre...

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Game 6

Game 6

Rachel B. Glaser, Buzzer Beater, 2023. On Monday night, the Miami Heat beat the ...

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Diary, 1994–1999

Diary, 1994–1999

I don’t read my old work anymore. After a decade as a writer, I know exactly wh...

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Our Cover Star, London: An Interview with Emilie Louise Gossiaux

Our Cover Star, London: An Interview with Emilie Louise...

Courtesy of Mother Gallery. The cover of our Summer issue, online next week and ...

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“The British Male!”: On Martin Amis

“The British Male!”: On Martin Amis

Amis in Léon, Spain, 2007. Photograph by Javier Arce. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2....

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Fucked for Life: Bladee’s Paintings

Fucked for Life: Bladee’s Paintings

Benjamin Reichwald and Jonas Rönnberg, OCB Dinitrol, 2023. Photograph by Olivia ...

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The Playoffs: A Dispatch

The Playoffs: A Dispatch

Rachel B. Glaser, Ref Huddle, 2023. These years, the only basketball I watch is ...

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Shadow Canons: Danzy Senna and Andrew Martin Recommend

Shadow Canons: Danzy Senna and Andrew Martin Recommend

Snow on snow in Geneva, Switzerland, courtesy of jenny downing, CC BY 2.0, via W...

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At Chloë’s Closet Sale

At Chloë’s Closet Sale

The line outside the Sale of the Century. Photograph by Sara Bosworth. In the hi...

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Rear Window, Los Feliz

Rear Window, Los Feliz

Photograph by Claudia Ross. A sign on the dried grass in front of my apartment b...

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Primrose for X

Primrose for X

London buses moving. Licensed under CCO 2.0, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  Wil...

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The Dress Diary of Mrs. Anne Sykes

The Dress Diary of Mrs. Anne Sykes

“Anna. Three dresses when in mourning for her mother. 1845.” Photograph by Kate ...

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Opera Week

Opera Week

Metropolitan Opera House. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Licensed under CCO 4.0....

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The Review’s Review: Don Carlo and the Abuse of Power

The Review’s Review: Don Carlo and the Abuse of Power

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara, El Greco. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Don ...

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The Review’s Review: Emma Bovary at the Opera

The Review’s Review: Emma Bovary at the Opera

Lucie de Lammermoore. Victor Coindre, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. My f...

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Faust and the Risk of Desire

Faust and the Risk of Desire

Faust and Mephistopheles. Painting by Anton Kaulbach, courtesy of Wikimedia Comm...