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Twelve Hours on the Coast Starlight Train
I’ll be in Los Angeles this weekend for the LA Times Festival of Books.
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"Is He Popeable?" My Top Ten Pope Picks, Based Solely on Header Photos In Wikipedia's List of Current Cardinals
Most recently on this topic: “Babette’s Feast and the Protestant Envy of Catholicism.”
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"Babette's Feast" and the Protestant Envy of Catholicism
I suppose one always wants the things one can’t have; I find it a source of constant irritation that, having been brought up by evangelical Christians…
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Jane Austen's Persuasion, Part III
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I Am The Horrible Goose That Lives In The Town
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A Brief Account of the Crimes Committed by the Baby So Far in his Nine Months of Life
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You've Got To Brush Even Baby Teeth Every Day, You Know
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How I Believe Various Characters From HBO's "The Sopranos" Would React If I Tried To Teach Them The Rules Of Warhammer
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Let Me Save You Some Time: On Transitioning Like You're Opening A Candy Bar In A Crowded Movie Theater With A Really Loud Wrapper
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St. Jerome in His Study
Jerome is always being interrupted from his Latin translations by lions in need of medical attention.
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"Christmas At The Women's Hotel" Is Coming Out in October 2025
Buy it now, if you like!
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A Good Day To Join The Hittite Army: The Bullock of Hell
Four wheels, no brakes
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Everything I Cooked This Weekend, Including Mistakes
I like a clean house, but I don’t like having to clean up after anybody, least of all myself.
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A Day in the Life of Fourth-Year Medical Student Trinity Santos from Television's "The Pitt"
No spoilers, don't worry
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The Middlemarch Morning Routine
Since both morning routines and Middlemarch are making the rounds this week, why not take George Eliot’s example when arranging your own…
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A Poll For Anyone Who Doesn't Speak To Their Family: Do You Think Estrangement Cost You Money, Or Saved You Money?
I’ve been thinking lately about some of the smaller, stranger details about familial estrangement.
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The Chatner
A newsletter about rejiggered classics, transmasculine underpinnings of the plucky heroine, and the failure-limits of graciousness, from table manners to family estrangement.
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