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 Fiction
“Flashlight”
“Such naked wanting to be wanted made Louisa’s mother even more repellent to Louisa than she generally was.”
By Susan Choi
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 This Week in Fiction
Susan Choi on How Much She Can Leave Out
The author discusses “Flashlight,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.
By Deborah Treisman
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 Fiction
“Fungus”
If you liked “Flashlight,” we think you will enjoy this story, from 2018.
By David Gilbert
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Books
Miss America’s History-Makers and Rule-Breakers
For a century, women have conformed to, and rebelled against, the contest’s strictures. But are beauty pageants finally beyond redemption?
By Lauren Collins
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Books
Inside Bernadette Mayer’s Time Capsule
“Memory” is a fifty-year-old project, but its nostalgia for summers lost speaks uncannily to our moment.
By Dan Chiasson
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Personal History
A House Is Not a Home
In my mind, our money was time. It seemed like a waste to spend time on property.
By Eula Biss
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Fiction Podcast
David Gilbert Reads Samantha Hunt
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Three Days,” by Samantha Hunt, from a 2006 issue of the magazine.
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 A Critic at Large
Is Staying In Staying Safe?
Indoor life has its dangers, too, but building-design specialists have big plans for us.
By Jill Lepore
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 Culture Desk
Can Greek Tragedy Get Us Through the Pandemic?
A theatre company has spent years bringing catharsis to the traumatized. In the coronavirus era, that’s all of us.
By Elif Batuman
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