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The Hotdish Ticket
The Harris-Walz campaign’s embrace of food is a signal.
The Harris-Walz campaign’s embrace of food is a signal.
Spain won the tournament. The whole women’s game will benefit.
Hollywood sheen isn’t enough to enliven the tiresome romantic drama of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel, It Ends With Us.
In Jo Hamya’s new novel, pity becomes a form of power.
In On Strike Against God, Joanna Russ imagined a freer world while confronting its inequities head-on.
In HBO’s Industry, Gen Z reveals itself to be just as money-obsessed as the corporate raiders of Wall Street.
The Voynich Manuscript has long baffled scholars—and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets.
These titles help readers think through pressing questions about modern employment—including whether it’s time to walk away.
Love Island USA is a dizzy, goofy delight—but the reasons for its success go deeper than its vision of dating-show chaos.
Fanny Stevenson forced her husband, Robert Louis Stevenson, to live a bigger life than he had known.
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s debut work of fiction captures the paradox of immigrant identity in the United States.
Kamala Harris hasn’t just reset the presidential election—her specific charisma matches the cultural moment.
A short story
Trap may be the director’s most unserious movie yet.
The famous author, who would have been 100 years old today, was best known for his novels and essays. But correspondence was where his light shone brightest.
The unexpected delight of group photos
Neil Young was never more paranoid or pessimistic than with 1974’s On the Beach—for good reason.
What do you do when a family member falls for QAnon?
The filmmaker weathered some of the wildest hype and harshest backlash that Hollywood has to offer. Then he found a different path.
The city seemed exhausted, not exuberant.
When did television shows become so averse to having an actual plot?