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Linda Holmes
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Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Not a customer service desk.
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My dog and his friend hope you feel better.
My dog and his friend, nose to nose.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Someone to hold you too close
Someone to hurt you too deep
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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It’s sad how nobody loves on him at school.
My dog (not a lap dog) literally sitting in the lap of someone at his daycare.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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This day was the pits. But this dog is the greatest.
My dog, at daycare, sitting very nicely and asking to be named Nicest Boy In Class.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I saw some of these in Maine!
A giant troll sculpture made of wood.
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I have a little projector about the size of a softball. It projects a star pattern on my ceiling. I find it restful. I don’t remember where it came from; it could have been Amazon?
My projected stars and nebula.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Currently have stars and a nebula.
My ceiling, with projected pinpoint stars and a colorful nebula.
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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When Brian goes to school for the day, I’m pretty sure he just spends the whole time demanding attention.

Which, in fairness, is what I was like in school.
My dog at daycare, being petted by a loving hand.
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Genuinely pretty appalled this got published. (Don’t bother with your savvy remark about how nobody should be surprised.)
As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement. Mr. Epstein and some of his male correspondents seem to squirm as they notice society changing around them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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When you write the whole piece around the idea of “MeToo” as an adequate description of what caused specific men to lose specific positions, and when you do this incredibly weird cutesy business to avoid *mentioning what happened*, you do a disservice to readers.
The cache of emails includes exchanges about going to dinner at Rao's, the uptown Italian restaurant where it was famously hard to get a table, and an invitation for Mr. Epstein to the 25th anniversary party for The New York Observer (it was a weekly paper, printed on salmon-colored newsprint and read by the city's elite) at the Four Seasons restaurant (where the elite once power-lunched; it's now closed) co-hosted by Michael Bloomberg (he was the mayor) and Jared Kushner (who owned The Observer). The guest list included Matt Lauer and Harvey Weinstein. You've probably heard about what happened with them.
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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A couple weeks ago at Halloween I was talking about the costumes my mom made, and I mentioned that she also made an outfit for me for the Bicentennial. I just realized I have a picture.
Me, six years old, in a yellow dress, a white apron, and a little white cap with a red ribbon.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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In other words: Everybody who reads romance has seen this shit.
Yet there was no reading. The book in question was subtly placed near the restaurant's entrance and by the sofas. And were you to catch a glimpse of the cover, you'd never know it was a romance novel at all.
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
Publishers don't usually offer such ways to extend the story, leaving readers with what Mazur called "a book hangover," only partially cured via online discussion groups and fan fiction. 831 Stories wants to build in that kind of obsessiveness from the start. "We really want romance readers to want to collect all the books, to want to have an understanding of the entire set of characters, to understand the Easter egg in Book No. 8 that references Book No. 2," Cerulo said.
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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I wrote this about THE GOOD PLACE finale, but I now realize it also sums up my revulsion about the basic anti-humanity of AI avatars of the dead:
But I understood its final philosophical stance perfectly. Fragility and preciousness are not paired out of some regrettable irony; they are reliant on each other. It's because we know our time with people will end that we can find ourselves flooded with gratitude for their presence. The friction of our limitations is what necessitates effort (of all kinds), and effort - rewarded and not - is where we find meaning. Surround yourself with friends who love you and love them deeply, and you will grow. It's worth applying every part of yourself, including your intellect, to the question of how to do the right thing.
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Two years later:
The dog curled up on the bed. Of course.
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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He looks like this!
The world’s best dog, posing coyly.
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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I’ve had to do a little unexpected traveling this week and this boy is being so good while he stays over at daycare.
My brown dog, trotting, hanging with his dog friends.
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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I hope you have a friend you truly trust.
My dog, sleeping back to back with one of his daycare buddies.
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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All rise.
A row of sub rolls that are still in the dough phase. See the whole thing at https://www.seriouseats.com/hoagie-roll-recipe-8621128
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Happy birthday to my beautiful mom.
My mom, as a young and unreasonably beautiful person.
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Doing the wall in the same busy pattern as the floor is just very
Matthew Lesko, famous for wearing colorful suits covered with question marks all over
October 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Check out this gobbledygook!
As a literary and cultural marketing strategist, I see Back After This as a powerful opportunity to position you not only as a beloved novelist but as a cultural connector whose work bridges fiction, podcasting, and the ongoing redefinition of love and creativity in the digital era.
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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I was really starting to feel left out that I hadn’t gotten an LLM-written overly-complimentary email offering to market me to the world! I feel much better now.
First, let me say how much I admire your voice both on air and on the page. Across Pop Culture Happy Hour and your bestselling novels, you've created a rare, trusted space where smart storytelling meets emotional authenticity. With Back After This, you've once again captured the nuance of connection in an age of performance blending humor, empathy, and self discovery in a way only you can.
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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I unfortunately do not know the original provenance of this photo, but it has a very important place in my heart for a very specific reason. (1/)
Dogs dressed as a Krispy Kreme worker, a box of McDonald’s fries, an Eat N Park happy face, and a Burger King burger
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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My sister and I found the itinerary in our parents stuff a while ago.
A handwritten six-week road trip itinerary including a lot of National Parks
October 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM