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“We’re stuck being described as ‘exploding infants.’” Watch PJ O’Rourke on Baby Boomers.

“We’re stuck being described as ‘exploding infants.’” Watch PJ O’Rourke on Baby Boomers.

By Jonny Diamond | February 18, 2022

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

“No topic is off-limits for comedy.”

By Maeve Higgins | January 28, 2022

Kingsley Amis’s Instructions for Coping with Hangovers, Both Physical and Metaphysical

Kingsley Amis’s Instructions for Coping with Hangovers, Both Physical and Metaphysical

Avoid at All Costs: Cigarettes, Cold Showers, and Evelyn Waugh

By Kingsley Amis | January 18, 2022

Lights, Camera... Corn: 15 Quintessentially Midwestern Movies to Watch After <em>Fargo</em>

Lights, Camera... Corn: 15 Quintessentially Midwestern Movies to Watch After Fargo

Charlie Berens Recommends Heartland Classics, from Purple Rain to Planes, Trains and Automobiles

By Charlie Berens | November 19, 2021

10 new definitions of autofiction.

10 new definitions of autofiction.

By Walker Caplan | October 21, 2021

How Do You Find a Book When You Can’t Remember the Title or the Author?

How Do You Find a Book When You Can’t Remember the Title or the Author?

Marina Luz Mines on the Language We Use to Describe Forgotten Literature

By Marina Luz | October 21, 2021

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By Daniel Sloss | October 13, 2021

The Myth of True Love Hurts Us All—Especially Women

By Jen Winston | October 8, 2021

How to Be Married, in 16 Simple and Completely F*cking Unrealistic Steps

How to Be Married, in 16 Simple and Completely F*cking Unrealistic Steps

Kimberly Harrington Breaks Down the Ridiculous Expectations of Lifelong Partnership

By Kimberly Harrington | October 7, 2021

The Theory of (Artistic) Relativity, Illustrated

The Theory of (Artistic) Relativity, Illustrated

Michelle Rial on Letting Go of Being the Best

By Michelle Rial | October 1, 2021

How to Deal with Rejection (and Get Revenge) Like Edgar Allan Poe

How to Deal with Rejection (and Get Revenge) Like Edgar Allan Poe

Catherine Baab-Muguira on Doubling Down on Your Ambitions

By Catherine Baab-Muguira | September 30, 2021

Read Kay Ryan’s hilarious, lacerating first-person reporting on AWP.

Read Kay Ryan’s hilarious, lacerating first-person reporting on AWP.

By Walker Caplan | September 21, 2021

Ten campus novels as op-eds about the dangers of wokeness.

Ten campus novels as op-eds about the dangers of wokeness.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 31, 2021

Breaking news: Men still don't know how to write women.

Breaking news: Men still don't know how to write women.

By Vanessa Willoughby | August 24, 2021

12 new opinions on <em>Lolita</em> that no one’s invented yet.

12 new opinions on Lolita that no one’s invented yet.

By Walker Caplan | August 18, 2021

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