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WELCOME TO OUR FIRST/FINAL BOOK CLUB!
Thank you, everyone, for coming to our first/final book-club meeting. Apologies for how long it's taken us to settle on a date, but in between work, kids, and the pretense of joining adult recreational sports leagues, it seems that we all have incredibly busy schedules.
ODD JOBS
\"Severance,\" on Apple TV+.
TABULA RASA
“Bleb” is worth eight points in Scrabble. Thought you might like to know. I have known the word since Wednesday, June 11, 1958, when I learned it from a company physician at Time Incorporated, in Rockefeller Center. He said I should have been hospitalized four days ago, but there was nothing much to do about it now, go back to work.
FEAR AND LOATHING
Are all our arguments really over who's harmed?
ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
What a long-unpublished novel reveals about her magnificent obsession.
MING HAN ONG
Thadeus had never offered to take Johnny Mac out for a meal before. This is new, Johnny Mac says, grinning. For twenty-five years, Johnny Mac worked as a tenant-rights lawyer. He is a fount of varied and surprising knowledge.
THE POISON MACHINE
The talk-show host Yinon Magal's hard-line tactics.
MAKE HIM LAUGH
How Lorne Michaels's sensibility governs \"Saturday Night Live.\"
ON A MISSION FROM GOD
Inside the movement to redirect billions of taxpayer dollars to private religious schools.
A BUNCH OF NEW START-UPS ARE HYPING THE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC AND ARE OF COURSE, HAPPY TO OFFER SOLUTIONS
IN HER OWN TELLING, every business Radha Agrawal has ever started or project she has dreamed up or mission she has embarked on was born of a persistent, lifelong desire to belong.
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
Strongman
The tragic legacy of the mourner-in-chief.
John Derian's Apartment Is Full of Wonderful Things
Papier-mâché birds, découpage, flea-market finds from Paris, antiques, furniture he designed himself that was inspired by antiques-and more.
The Tao of Steak
Crane Club has a talented chef, big-money backing, and the whiff of a members-only sanctuary. It needs something more.
The Unknowun Number
Who was the relentless, vicious bully harassing Kendra Licari's teenage daughter?
The Pervert's Drink
Milk is for deviants, from.A Clockwork Orange to Babygirl.
CRITICS
Kathryn VanArendonk on Severance's second season... Roxana Hadadi on The Last Showgirl... Jasmine Vojdani on Aria Aber's Good Girl.
Eleonora Srugo
The broker became tabloid fodder for a suspected relationship with the mayor. Now, she's the star of yet another real-estate reality show.
The Voice Whisperer
Eric Vetro teaches the stars how to sing for their Oscars.
MEET THE EXPERTS The Family Doctor
Here's what a primary care physician wants you to know about staying healthy at every age.
Have a Healthier Date Night
Break free from the same old Saturday night by adding these romantic activities that are healthy for your body, mind, and partnership.
THE NEW(-ISH) FIGHT OVER FLUORIDE
What to know about the controversial mineral in your water and toothpaste.
JAYLEN BROWN
The Celtics guard doesn’t put in four-a-day workouts just to win championships.
GOOD SOBER FUN
IT'S NOT JUST TOM HOLLAND AND BERO. A NEW GENERATION OF N/A BEERS, MOCKTAIL BARS, AND ALCOHOL-FREE GETAWAYS ARE MAKING THE WHOLE BEING SOBER (OR SOBER-ISH!) THING EASIER AND MORE EXCITING THAN EVER.
THE BOYS (MOSTLY) ARE ALRIGHT
STAT AFTER STAT says boys are in crisis, with lower grades, worse life skills, and higher rates of death by overdose and suicide. But a view from the front lines says not so fast.
5 MYTHS FROM MOM AND DAD
When they said you were beautiful and brilliant, they were correct. But some of what the 'rents said just wasn't so.
TRANSFORMATIONS 2025 READY.SET.GO!
LOSE FAT. GAIN MUSCLE. ESCAPE ADDICTION.| Over five years, comedian and actor LIL REL HOWERY changed how he looks. But the biggest changes were on the inside.
WE CLIMB HIGHER
WHEN WE CLIMB TOGETHER
YOUR A TO Z GUIDE TO HAVING MORE ENERGY
A drained battery can mess with your day-to-day and make it harder to keep up with your healthy habits. Here's how to hack your energy levels to stay fully charged.
HOW TO BOUNCE BACK FROM REJECTION
We've all experienced THE DEEP HURT OF BEING DISMISSED OR SNUBBED, whether in romance, our friendships, or our careers. The pain is real, but there are CLEAR, SCIENCE-BACKED WAYS TO REBOUND.