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Why Lydia Davis Loves Misunderstandings

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In 2019, the literary magazine NOON published a story by Lydia Davis called “The Language of Armagnac,” a quietly comic meditation on the...
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Biden, Trump, and What’s at Stake in the U.A.W. Strike

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An old Washington principle holds that, at any given moment, only two people in American politics really matter: the President, and whomever the...
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They Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie?

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The half-bearded behavioral economist Dan Ariely tends to preface discussions of his work—which has inquired into the mechanisms of pain, manipulation, and lies—with...
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“Purlie Victorious” Hustles for Social Justice

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The Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson (Leslie Odom, Jr.), the hero of Ossie Davis’s 1961 comedy, “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”—revived...
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The Quiet Revolution of the Sabbath

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Here is a story I wasn’t sure my sister would ever let me tell. I come from a churchgoing family, but one Sunday...
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The Worrying Democratic Erosions in South Korea

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Americans may not know much about the South Korean President, Yoon Suk-yeol, but some will have noticed that he’s not a bad singer....
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Watching the Southern Tip of Manhattan Change, for Forty Years

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She spent some two years making inroads with the market workers, visiting them as they worked at night, at first, hiding her Rolleiflex...
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Embarrassing Injuries of Middle Age

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Pulled neck muscle trying to open a jar, arthritis from holding your smartphone, and more. Source link
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What to See in the New York Film Festival’s First Week

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The New York Film Festival begins Friday. As I noted last year, the festival’s main slate is increasingly given over to movies by...
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Remembering Dianne Feinstein, and Biden Clashes with the Hard Right

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Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.The Washington Roundtable:...
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