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[ad_1] WE SHOULD REMOVE THIS ARTICLE, By Hanna Bervoets, translated by Emma Rault Hanna Bervoets’ slender, powerful new novel “We Had to Remove This Post” seems like the story of a tech workplace gone terribly wrong at first, but it quickly turns into something more puzzling and enigmatic. Acclaimed in the Netherlands, Bervoets is the …
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[ad_1] The title of his book comes from the resounding phrase used in “Leviathan” by the 17th-century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (referring to a life without government; Hershovitz alludes to the inferiority of children). But it also brought me back to the humorist and playwright of the 20th century. Jean Kerr“Please Don’t Eat Daisies” (1957), …
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[ad_1] For decades, police in Shelby County, Ind. have failed to identify the man who broke into homes at night, armed with a knife or gun, woke his victims and then tied them up and sexually tortured them. He often disguised in a thick coat and covered his face with a ski mask or leggings. …
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[ad_1] Their relationship improves as Nicolson observes his friends. She had once experienced shrimp as “frivolous sweet chunks of meat” dipped in mayonnaise. However, upon seeing the exquisite form of a live shrimp, his “unseen genius” is fascinated by its wonderful life like his own. Such natural affinities, he writes, extinguish “the primacy of the …
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[ad_1] BEIJING — A small coal mining town 860 miles in northeast China held its breath when Fan Kexin stretched ready before the women’s 500-meter speed skating race at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The city of Qitaihe has endured mining disasters, industrial closures, and youth migration. Yet he has emerged as a powerhouse in …
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[ad_1] Welcome to Best of Late Night, a recap of the night’s highlights that let you sleep and get paid to watch comedy. Here The 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Land of Second Chances Donald Trump held a rally in Texas on Sunday where he said he would do so if he was …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI — When the Omicron coronavirus variant spread to India in late December, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the nation to stay vigilant and follow medical guidelines. Arvind Kejriwal, the prime minister of Delhi’s capital district, quickly imposed nighttime curfews, closed movie theaters and cut restaurants and public transport in half. Subsequently, both …
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[ad_1] “World building” often refers to how sci-fi and fantasy makers construct their spaces, filling them with imaginary creatures and allegorical meanings. But of all living filmmakers, the most extraordinary world founder may be Pedro Almodóvar. Many directors have a style. Almodóvar evokes a cosmos – a space of bright colors, piercing music (often by …
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[ad_1] FORT GARLAND, Col. – On a bitter and windy day, at the commander’s headquarters in Fort Garland, a former military outpost, a long showdown took place, which turned into a museum and cultural center. For much of its history, the museum has celebrated frontiersman Christopher (Kit) Carson, who briefly commanded this remote garrison built …
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[ad_1] What’s up? (October 3-9) An Interruption and an Informant Facebook has had a rough week. On Monday, the company’s family of apps, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, went down for more than five hours, it interrupted communications for billions of people and many advertisers who trusts them. (The company said several mistakes were made …
[ad_1] Enter the bare-chested and barefoot playwright in a stripped-down white skirt. Then the skirt becomes an off-the-shoulder dress and becomes her mother with an enthusiastic dance. It’s a simple transformation into character and completely theatrical. Suddenly there, she captivates us: Bete, an irresistibly attractive, no-nonsense, twice-divorced Brazilian immigrant, who, it’s fair to guess, never …
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[ad_1] BREATHby Joyce Carol Oates One of my favorite pieces of advice to my graduates is this: Don’t write a story about a ball rolling down the hill. Flannery O’Connor argued for something similar when he said that the ending of a story should be surprising but inevitable. In fiction, the simply inevitable is predictable. …
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