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1999 Was The Pinnacle For The Dark Teen Comedy. Then It Disappeared.
The end of the '90s saw a slew of splatter and satirical comedies for high schoolers. Where did they come from — and where did they go?
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The Liberating Clarity Of Toni Morrison's Words
The author, who died Monday at age 88, knew language isn’t limitless. But she wrote like it was.
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Whom Did Louis C.K. Shove In A Bathroom?
In the act of non-apologizing to a victim, Louis C.K. apparently admitted to yet another act of misconduct.
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'Now More Than Ever' And The Distracting Urgency Of Our Words
A year after Trump's election, our national dialogue constantly leverages the weight of history. But we're still not grappling with it.
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Julianna Margulies Says Steven Seagal And Harvey Weinstein Tried To Sexually Harass Her
"I don’t know how I got out of that hotel room," she said of a threatening encounter with Seagal.
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When Booting Dead White Guys Off Reading Lists Is A Good Idea
A recent tabloid scandal managed to raise awareness of a big problem within the English literary canon.
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An 'Accidental Dictionary' Explores How Errors Created The English Language
"Pink" used to be yellow. A "bimbo" used to be a brutish man. How did we get here?
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We Talk About Fonts All Wrong. Here's A Better Way.
"Never Use Futura" author Douglas Thomas thinks we need to have a more positive conversation about typefaces.
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The 'Casting Couch' Euphemism Lets Us Pretend Hollywood's All Right
The phrase that gives us permission to ignore sexual harassment.
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Harvey Weinstein's Hachette Imprint Is Shutting Down
The staff and book contracts of Weinstein Books will be absorbed by Hachette Books.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen Is The Pro-Refugee Voice America Needs To Hear
"Those of us who are refugees and immigrants or who support them, we have to use every tool at our disposal, including our writing."
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Says The American Left 'Is Creating Its Own Decline'
“The left is very cannibalistic. It eats its own.”
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Ava DuVernay Says She Regrets Giving Up On 'Selma' Writing Credit
"It’s the only time in the industry I feel I really betrayed myself."
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How AIM Became A Secular Confessional Box For A Generation Of Teens
We were kids, and we were having a lot of hormonal feelings, and we knew we needed to talk about it. AIM just made it easy.
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Harvey Weinstein Helped Woody Allen Save His Career After Abuse Allegations
“Shunned by Hollywood means nothing to Miramax,” Weinstein said in 1994. “We’re talking about a comic genius.”
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A Year After Bob Dylan, Kazuo Ishiguro Gets The Nobel Back On Track
The Nobel Committee could hardly have selected a better winner to wash away the embarrassing awkwardness of last year’s prize.
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The 2017 National Book Award Finalists Are Here
The shortlists in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's Literature are mixed between fresh faces and established heavy hitters.
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Hugh Hefner's Playboy Reinforced The Idea That Great Literature Is A Male Interest
The cultured lens of Playboy created a new space for literary life ― one with no particular interest in welcoming female readers.
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Marlon James's 'A Brief History Of Seven Killings' Is Coming To Amazon
"Insecure" director Melina Matsoukas will helm the series.
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National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Honorees Are Writers To Watch
If you haven’t yet checked out these five debuts, consider this an invitation.