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George C. Wolfe Would Not Be Dismissed

George C. Wolfe Would Not Be Dismissed 1

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “If that shit don’t work, I don’t wear it,” the director and writer George C. Wolfe told me when we spoke last month. He was talking about the baggage of childhood…

Jezebel and the Question of Women’s Anger

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Earlier this year, Ben Smith, the former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News and a onetime New York Times columnist, published a book, titled “Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race…

My Favorite Restaurants in New York City

My Favorite Restaurants in New York City 5

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story You could write dozens of obituaries a year for beloved New York restaurants that have shuttered their doors. One of the things I love most about this city is how regenerative…

Frans Hals: The Man Who Changed Portraiture

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The new retrospective of the Dutch painter Frans Hals at the National Gallery in London—the first major exhibition of his work since 1989—is a slightly nervous event for the most talented…

Two Perspectives on One Tragic Raid in Afghanistan

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In early 2019, I travelled to Afghanistan to investigate the deaths of my mother and sister three decades earlier—a personal search for answers. While seeking out distant relatives in a remote…