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Ask Carrie: Fall 2024

Carrie Brownstein

Oct 16 2024

Q: My mother keeps emailing me recipes—mostly from The New York Times, always “healthy” ones—accompanied by long-winded notes about how healthy they are. Lots of bean soups ...

Stuff I’ve Been Reading: Fall 2024

Nick Hornby

Oct 16 2024

Books read: A Northern Wind: Britain 1962–65—David KynastonDeliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska”—Warren ZanesOngoingness: The End of a ...

Resurrector: Signs

Giri Nathan

Oct 16 2024

We didn’t often go to the movies as a whole family, but in 2002 we all saw Signs. This was back when we could be convinced to hit the theater en masse simply because a guy ...

The Way Back: Tía Amelia’s House

Julia Alvarez

Jul 11 2024

When I was growing up, in a large extended family in the Dominican Republic, one of the things that distinguished me from that indistinct mass of siblings and cousins was that ...

Resurrector: The Phantom Menace

Alejandro Varela

Jul 11 2024

The most well-known resurrection in recorded history has had arguably dubious consequences for humanity, so you’ll understand my initial hesitation about publicly unearthing ...

Sacrifice Zone: Little Bloody Run

Laura Marris

Jul 11 2024

To arrive at Little Bloody Run, you have to come at it sideways, from the scenic road that skirts the Niagara River. My husband, Matt, and I drive from Buffalo, where we live ...

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