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Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

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By Jerald Walker | September 10, 2024

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Was Françoise Sagan the original brat?

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Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

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The spiciest takeaways from Tina Brown’s <em> Vanity Fair Diaries. </em>

The spiciest takeaways from Tina Brown’s Vanity Fair Diaries.

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Feast your eyes on these beautiful bygone magazine covers.

Feast your eyes on these beautiful bygone magazine covers.

By Brittany Allen | August 21, 2024

A new literary start-up wants reading to be sexier.

A new literary start-up wants reading to be sexier.

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