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I wrote about Tomáš Sträussler, Tom Stoppard, "blank Czech," who only discovered his Jewishness late in life -- but whose plays have always been obsessed with ellipses in the record. On a new bio by Hermione Lee: slate.com/culture/2021/02/to…
Tom Stoppard: A Life scours the playwright’s work in search of the man behind it. slate.com/culture/2021/02/to…
As conspiracy theories go, the Gnomon Society is pretty silly. But it can teach us a lot about delusion—and comedy. slate.com/culture/2020/12/ma…
Ernest Cline accidentally nails everything wrong with the tech industry without seeming to realize his hero has become a villain. slate.com/culture/2020/12/re…
The latest novel from the author of the Shades of Magic series already has a movie adaptation in the works. slate.com/culture/2020/10/in…
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Podcasts, book groups, and individuals are looking to Octavia Butler’s books not just for comfort but for answers. slate.com/culture/2020/09/oc…
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Here’s why so many recent best-sellers look like they were designed for the First Order. slate.com/culture/2020/08/tr…
The new Elena Ferrante returns to the true theme of the Neapolitan novels. slate.com/culture/2020/08/ly…
Our greatest writer about nature’s everyday mysteries is back. slate.com/culture/2020/08/ve…
New York City is more or less the same in Talking Animals—except that humans aren’t running the show. slate.com/culture/2020/08/ta…
It’s easy to understand why Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman would want to smooth the rougher edges of some of their stories. slate.com/culture/2020/08/bi…
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for @slate I reviewed rick perlstein's REAGANLAND, the final volume of his incredible history of post-war american conservatism slate.com/culture/2020/08/ri…
The final chapter in one of our great tetralogies is here. slate.com/culture/2020/08/ri…
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I reviewed Colin Jost's memoir, A Very Punchable Face, for Slate: slate.com/culture/2020/07/co…
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Remember that project you were going to do during quarantine? Zadie Smith already finished hers. slate.com/culture/2020/07/za…
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What page of "Antkind" did YOU get to? I got to page 87. Bless @magiciansbook for reading the whole thing slate.com/culture/2020/07/ch…
The brilliant screenwriter behind Eternal Sunshine and Being John Malkovich just wrote his first book. It’s a mess. slate.com/culture/2020/07/ch…
The book is as interested in how people related to their stinky surroundings as it is in the odors themselves. slate.com/culture/2020/07/sm…
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How Tracy Sherrod came to lead America’s oldest Black publishing imprint. slate.com/culture/2020/07/tr…
David Mitchell’s new book shows his writing is most magical when he focuses on the everyday. slate.com/culture/2020/07/da…