What does climate change mean for athletics? Madeleine Orr on how wildfires threatened a high school football season.
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Expand your mind with a new magazine of psychedelic art and literature.
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“But what I am quite sure speaks through these pauses the most is: silence.” Jon Fosse on saying the unsayable.
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One great short story to read today: Leone Ross’s “The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant”
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Mother and son—sharing memories, big dreams, grand disappointments, and roadhouse barbecue. Read the charming short story from Pulitzer Prize–winning author Andrew Sean Greer. Read and listen FREE with Prime. [Sponsored] amazon.com/dp/B0CN9VR3S7/…

“I had assumed my mother had written a novel about real estate—after all the title was A Hot Property…” Kate Feiffer on reading her mother’s x-rated novel and considering female-authored erotica as a form of social critique.
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The fleeting wonder of youth and the surreal permanence of motherhood.
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The secret lives of mothers and writers.
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A reading list of mothers and daughters.
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What do cats and poetry have in common?
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The iconic flora of children’s literature.
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On turtles.
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“‘A man without a job is like a boat without a rudder, or a ship­wreck,’ said the Very Old Sheep. I loved sharing my happiness with him.” Read from makenzy orcel’s new novel, The Emperor.
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“He made it clear for those who know how to read that he rejected the unworthy seducer of minors and that Lolita was a victim, like Nabokov himself.” Monika Zgustova on the parallels between Nabokov’s most famous novel and the writer’s own experiences.
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One great short story to read today: Lydia Davis’s “Break it Down”
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Colm Tóibín’s Long Island, Sathnam Sanghera’s Empireworld, and Kaliane Bradley’s The Ministry of Time all feature among the best reviewed books of the week.
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Ben Stiller will channel his best Norman Mailer in a new true crime movie.
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Colson Whitehead has withdrawn as a 2024 commencement speaker. Who will be next?
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Read Jacob Kushner in CrimeReads on the far-right serial killers who robbed banks and terrorized Germany’s immigrants in pursuit of a white nation.
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Why isn’t mom in the photo? Ellen O'Connell Whittet considers the Victorian practice of removing mothers from portraits.
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