In Which A Woman Needs A Place
Say You Believe Me by SUMEJA TULIC My lonesomeness in Belgrade is every weirdo’s dream. Most nights I curl in my hotel bed and watch cable television reruns of Sex and the City and Twin Peaks. If I am...
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photo by kate hiscock Sleeveless by ANAÏS ESCOBAR A few weeks ago, I woke up on Monday morning and hit snooze a few times before finally getting out of bed. Between work and school, I have six-day...
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The Passion by ALEX CARNEVALE When Yukio Mishima graduated from high school, honored as the class valedictorian, given a silver watch by the Emperor, his mind was occupied by one prevailing thought:...
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One Russian Man by EMILY ROSENBERG I went to Russia this summer because I thought it would teach me something about diplomacy. Unfortunately, my trip to Russia turned out to have no official trips...
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40 Secrets I Have Learned from Reporting on the Fashion Industry by MOLLY YOUNG • Carine Roitfeld looks exactly like Iggy Pop and is incredibly sexy. • This is a pair of facts which can’t be...
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You can find the archive of our Saturday fiction series here. Due South by DAN CARVILLE "Give up poetry," I was told, and it seemed like the first good bit of advice I had heard in some time. Summer's...
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Enduring Feelings by HELEN SCHUMACHER Homeland creator Gideon Raff There has been some hand-wringing on the part of critics and fans about whether or not Homeland’s writers were going to drag out Nick...
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See Red by ALICE BOLIN “Do you consider yourself a feminist?” Ramin Setoodeh of The Daily Beast recently asked country-pop girl wonder Taylor Swift, a simple question that Swift predictably dodged. “I...
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On Location by KARA VANDERBIJL We lived near Vasquez Rocks for a while. Do you have a place like this? To me, it was an obvious choice for elementary school field trips, for post-midterm hikes. One...
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Somewhere In The Margins by HAFSA ARAIN I It was not as though I was never told I would accomplish anything, though I was often told to be modest about the things I did well. Don’t sound too smart: a...
View ArticleIn Which We Are Jealous Of What They Must Know
Mom Dressed Up by REBECCA ARMENDARIZ My mother loves ghosts and spirits and the television psychics who communicate with them. She’s currently waiting her turn to talk with the dead via the innate gift...
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You can find an archive of our Saturday fiction series here. Red Portrait no. 2, Adam Neate Things I Will Never Do In My Writing Again by LOIS EHRENREICH Finish in the place that I started. Have a...
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Argo & the Myth of America by SHAHIRAH MAJUMDAR Argo dir. Ben Affleck 120 minutes The palimpsest of America’s history and the history of Hollywood illustrate how intertwined the two are in the...
View ArticleIn Which We Are All Basically Winners
My Scandolous Fantasy by QICHEN ZHANG Scandal creator Shonda Rimes Contrary to popular belief, I know people aren't really concerned with who's going to win on Tuesday. No, the million-dollar question...
View ArticleIn Which She Is The Happiest Creature On Earth
This is the first in a two-part series. photo by alexia sinclair A Wife by ELLEN COPPERFIELD As a girl she had it in her mind that she would be married to her uncle George — such liasions were common...
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My Life As An Object by DAN CARVILLE It was as stupid a piece of advice as I ever received when someone told me to do what I love. You know those old cartoons where the eyelashes of women are so...
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Foils by KARA VANDERBIJL Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes In the beginning, we only needed a rudimentary knowledge of geography to differentiate between Downton Abbey's characters: upstairs or...
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At the Lodge by KATE NURSAS At the lodge it is something of a competition to act as playfully as we think we should feel. "Do a cartwheel," Helga says. "But close your eyes first." Bob presses a...
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If Rodin had lived, today he would turn 172. The Birdlike Ones by ISABELLA YEAGER Deeply affected by the loss of her infant daughter, René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke’s mother Phia dealt with...
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Something You Can't Have by HELEN SCHUMACHER Homeland creator Gideon Rath The body count of last week’s episode of Homeland was high after Abu Nazir’s well-armed men opened fire on the Gettysburg...
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