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Vegetation

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Crying in Luke’s Lobster

Shrek 2

Requiem for the DVD menu

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Grizzly man

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Bad waitress

Blood smeared over mouth, still from Dogtooth (2009) 

The Question of U

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Family history, bound up in the NYT crossword.

on looking for his great-grandmother, the first New York Times crossword puzzle editor, in the current edition.

Crossword

Crosswordese

Cake Zine

A Q&A with the editors of Cake Zine. 

 interviews Aliza Abarbanel and Tanya Bush, the editors of Cake Zine.

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Let them eat cake

Conquered by Clippy

"Assist me deeper."

on 'Conquered by Clippy,' one of the strangest pieces of smut ever put online.

Microsoft Word erotica

Golf 

The anti-hustle sport.

in conversation with Drew Millard, author of *How Golf Can Save Your Life* (Abrams Press).

Is golf funny?

Katy Kelleher

Finding beauty in bland times.

in conversation with Dirt contributor and essayist Katy Kelleher. 

Ugly Beautiful

Out of Print

Gone but not forgotten.

Out of print

Woman Reading at Desk, Thomas P. Anshutz 

Woman Reading at Desk

When a writer is quotable to a fault on the feed.

on how Anne Carson's collagist poetry reflects Tumblr's scrapbook-like ethos.

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Tumblr poet laureate

Alicia Kennedy

A conversation with food writer Alicia Kennedy. 

interviews Alicia Kennedy, author of the forthcoming book No Meat Required (Beacon Press, August 2023). 


No meat required

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