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In the Battle at SeaWorld, the Whales Have Won
New York magazine

In the Battle at SeaWorld, the Whales Have Won

Score one for the cetaceans.

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May 2–15, 2016
Could We Just Lose the Adverb (Already)?
New York magazine

Could We Just Lose the Adverb (Already)?

A part of speech with all of these functions cant possibly do all of them well. 

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May 16-29, 2016
Alice And I, We Were Just Having Sex In That Tent.
New York magazine

Alice And I, We Were Just Having Sex In That Tent.

Once a month, on a Clinton Hill roof or sometimes a boat, the sex party known as Chemistry draws its regulars.

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October 16-29, 2017
I Had Lunch With Richard Nixon Five Or Six Times. He Just Wanted To Talk About Baseball.
New York magazine

I Had Lunch With Richard Nixon Five Or Six Times. He Just Wanted To Talk About Baseball.

Eventually, Keith Hernandez went to a shrink.

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October 16-29, 2017
Jesus, I've Got To Pay For This Thing Now.
New York magazine

Jesus, I've Got To Pay For This Thing Now.

Larry Gagosian on the painting that got him a loft that got him a gallery.

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October 16-29, 2017
You Can Never Talk About Our Parties In School, Even On Friday During Last Period.
New York magazine

You Can Never Talk About Our Parties In School, Even On Friday During Last Period.

The St. Ann’s juniors who spend their nights listening to disco and eating lumberjack breakfasts.

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October 16-29, 2017
New York magazine

At First Nobody Would Give Me A House.

An Afghan family comes to New York.

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October 16-29, 2017
I Got My First Pubic Hair When I Was 2 Years Old
New York magazine

I Got My First Pubic Hair When I Was 2 Years Old

I couldn’t talk, I could barely walk, but I started growing a bush. Or so they tell me. I have no recollection of a time before puberty, before the carnal cravings, the impulses, the angst and anger and violence. There was no prelapsarian age of innocence for me; I was born, I took a huge bite of the apple, and, by 2 years old, I was pretty much ready to get busy with Eve.

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January 7, 2019
High Sushi Theater
New York magazine

High Sushi Theater

Everything about Sushi Noz, from the room to the performatory cooking itself, is designed to transport you straight to Japan—or an idealized version of it.

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January 7, 2019
If You Thought Hudson Yards Was Big...
New York magazine

If You Thought Hudson Yards Was Big...

Wait till you see what’s in store for Sunnyside, Queens.

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January 7, 2019
Krista Tippet Is A Religion
New York magazine

Krista Tippet Is A Religion

NPR’s Krista Tippett tends to her flock in the Church of the Spiritual (but not necessarily religious).

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January 7, 2019
403 Minutes With... Daniel Ellsberg
New York magazine

403 Minutes With... Daniel Ellsberg

Staring into the abyss with the famous Pentagon Papers leaker.

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November 27–December 10, 2017
Almost Infamous
New York magazine

Almost Infamous

Two new fangled biopics tackle a terrible director and a notorious, if talented, figure skater.

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November 27–December 10, 2017
He Wanted Jihad. He Got Foucault.
New York magazine

He Wanted Jihad. He Got Foucault.

Why would an American teenager ever leave the comforts of suburbia to fly to Syria and join ISIS?

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November 27–December 10, 2017
New York magazine

Sexual Revolutions, Then And Now

Rebecca Traister and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat on liberation, libertinism, harassment, and assault.

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November 27–December 10, 2017
New York magazine

Clasroom

Can $100 Million Reboot American High School? Laurene Powell Jobs is giving it a shot.

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October 17–30, 2016
New York magazine

One Part, Three Breakouts

A group of young actors share the spotlight (and a character) in a potential Academy Awards contender. 

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October 17–30, 2016
The National Interest
New York magazine

The National Interest

It Takes a Certain Talent to Make Tax Cuts This Unpopular But the GOP appears up to the task.

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November 13–26, 2017
Save The Night
New York magazine

Save The Night

Quasi-legal nightclubs were on the verge of extinction—until the city realized how crucial it is to have an underground.

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November 13–26, 2017
All Horsemen, All The Time
New York magazine

All Horsemen, All The Time

Or, why I picked the exact wrong year to start researching a book about the end of the world.

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November 13–26, 2017
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
New York magazine

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The creators who collaborated on The Girlfriend Experience share joint custody of season two.

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November 13–26, 2017
Lake Placid
New York magazine

Lake Placid

The Pool is posh, pricey, and a touch prosaic.

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November 13–26, 2017
The Trump-Hate Weather Vane
New York magazine

The Trump-Hate Weather Vane

Will fury (and heaps of Democratic cash) be enough to get Jon Ossoff, 30-year-old political neophyte, elected to Newt Gingrich’s old seat this spring?

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April 3-16, 2017
Donald Trump's Race War
New York magazine

Donald Trump's Race War

His message of tribalism is his most successful and dangerous accomplishment.

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April 3-16, 2017
I Can't Believe It's Not TV!
New York magazine

I Can't Believe It's Not TV!

Ten signs you’re watching a “prestige” show.

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April 3-16, 2017
America Ferrera Will Not Just Stick to Acting
New York magazine

America Ferrera Will Not Just Stick to Acting

Superstore Airs Thursdays on NBC.

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April 3-16, 2017
What Broke The Met?
New York magazine

What Broke The Met?

Just a year ago, it was planning an ambitious expansion and touting record attendance. Now its director has been ousted amid rumors, scandal, and a recrd budjet shortfall.

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April 17–30, 2017
Get Serious
New York magazine

Get Serious

John Ridley, who started out as a stand-up comedian, has emerged as film and TV’s sharpest chronicler of racial discord.

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April 17–30, 2017
The National Interest
New York magazine

The National Interest

What Did the President Watch Last Night? It’ll shape what he does today, which will shape what airs tonight, which …

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April 17–30, 2017
52 Minutes With … Andrew Rannells
New York magazine

52 Minutes With … Andrew Rannells

He’s happy to take on any character, gay or otherwise. Just don’t expect him to play a role model.

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April 17–30, 2017