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During his historic performance at the Super Bowl LX, Bad Bunny shouts out all the countries in America.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
During his historic performance at the Super Bowl LX, Bad Bunny shouts out all the countries in America.
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Eyvan Collins created the “Museum of Personal Failure” as an opportunity to reframe painful experiences and challenge “the narratives we cling to.”
“It’s a room full of things that people tried and put a lot of time and care into,” Collins said. “It’s very human.” https://wapo.st/4qyVVSV
“It’s a room full of things that people tried and put a lot of time and care into,” Collins said. “It’s very human.” https://wapo.st/4qyVVSV
February 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Eyvan Collins created the “Museum of Personal Failure” as an opportunity to reframe painful experiences and challenge “the narratives we cling to.”
“It’s a room full of things that people tried and put a lot of time and care into,” Collins said. “It’s very human.” https://wapo.st/4qyVVSV
“It’s a room full of things that people tried and put a lot of time and care into,” Collins said. “It’s very human.” https://wapo.st/4qyVVSV
There’s acting, then there’s Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote. That man was special.
January 31, 2026 at 1:31 PM
There’s acting, then there’s Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote. That man was special.
Did Libertarians go extinct? Feels like Rand Paul is like last one, at least in D.C. Bet there are more Shakers than Libertarians.
January 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Did Libertarians go extinct? Feels like Rand Paul is like last one, at least in D.C. Bet there are more Shakers than Libertarians.
Drink Champs??
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Drink Champs??
I was raised to think using God’s name in vain was simply saying “Oh my God,” when in truth it is using God’s name as an instrument to manipulate and serve personal agendas.
January 11, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I was raised to think using God’s name in vain was simply saying “Oh my God,” when in truth it is using God’s name as an instrument to manipulate and serve personal agendas.
I love Percival Everett. His writing is also impossible to listen to on audiobook.
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I love Percival Everett. His writing is also impossible to listen to on audiobook.
Sometimes I wonder if it weren’t for John Mayer’s stupid mouth, would he be our Bob Dylan? Room for Squares. Heavier Things. 🔥
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sometimes I wonder if it weren’t for John Mayer’s stupid mouth, would he be our Bob Dylan? Room for Squares. Heavier Things. 🔥
If you see me wearing Chelsea Boots, please reach out to my emergency contact.
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If you see me wearing Chelsea Boots, please reach out to my emergency contact.
Misery is dropping $7 on a coffee to work at a café that seemed like your vibe, only to find out there’s no WiFi. Bruh, give me my $7 back. Now.
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Misery is dropping $7 on a coffee to work at a café that seemed like your vibe, only to find out there’s no WiFi. Bruh, give me my $7 back. Now.
Guess I should finally watch this now. 😏
August 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Guess I should finally watch this now. 😏
Sad day. 😢 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/b...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey
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August 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Sad day. 😢 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/b...
I’m convinced The Gilded Age will help usher in a new golden era for American opera.
August 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I’m convinced The Gilded Age will help usher in a new golden era for American opera.
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among the many things they don’t tell you about having kids is the amount of money you will shell out to buy various berries
July 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
among the many things they don’t tell you about having kids is the amount of money you will shell out to buy various berries
In the lumber town of Dubois, Pennsylvania for the night. Trump won the county with 76 percent of the vote. The city has two Uber drivers, and my current driver is pals with the other one.
May 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In the lumber town of Dubois, Pennsylvania for the night. Trump won the county with 76 percent of the vote. The city has two Uber drivers, and my current driver is pals with the other one.
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“As far as I’m concerned, I believe the subject chooses the writer.” —Mario Vargas Llosa buff.ly/WUOGUJU
May 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“As far as I’m concerned, I believe the subject chooses the writer.” —Mario Vargas Llosa buff.ly/WUOGUJU
Lately, it’s as if joy catches me by surprise.
May 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Lately, it’s as if joy catches me by surprise.
Once kindness speaks, it never leaves your side.
May 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Once kindness speaks, it never leaves your side.
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What Toni Morrison’s fiction taught @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social about writing memoir: “I’ve learned as a memoirist to construct worlds that careful excavation implies.”
Inventing Truths: What Toni Morrison’s Fiction Taught Me About Writing Memoir
In a talk she gave in the 1980s entitled “The Site of Memory”, Toni Morrison said her goals as a novelist sprang from the great Black literary tradition of slave narratives, of autobiography; in th…
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April 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What Toni Morrison’s fiction taught @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social about writing memoir: “I’ve learned as a memoirist to construct worlds that careful excavation implies.”
A reminder that greatness is nonlinear and takes time.
A majestic new show at the Whitney features the artist’s gift for portraiture that seethes with subtleties.
The Wary Gaze of Amy Sherald
A majestic new show at the Whitney features the artist’s gift for portraiture that seethes with subtleties.
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April 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A reminder that greatness is nonlinear and takes time.
"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." — Thomas Mann
April 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." — Thomas Mann
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“I don’t work with plots. I work with intuition, apprehension, dreams, concepts.”
This week, we’ve unlocked our Art of Fiction interview with John Cheever from the archive.
This week, we’ve unlocked our Art of Fiction interview with John Cheever from the archive.
John Cheever, The Art of Fiction No. 62
“Fiction must compete with first-rate reporting. If you cannot write a story that is equal to a factual account of battle in the streets or demonstrations, then you can't write a story.”
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March 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“I don’t work with plots. I work with intuition, apprehension, dreams, concepts.”
This week, we’ve unlocked our Art of Fiction interview with John Cheever from the archive.
This week, we’ve unlocked our Art of Fiction interview with John Cheever from the archive.
Just because I say something with authority doesn’t make it true.
miss piggy from the muppet show is sitting on a couch .
ALT: miss piggy from the muppet show is sitting on a couch .
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March 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just because I say something with authority doesn’t make it true.