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  1. chapters
    Rosario Candela Invented the Upper East Side ApartmentDavid Netto’s new book tells the story of how the architect defined quiet luxury in New York City.
    By David Netto
  2. chapters
    The Santa Fe Home That Was Alexander Girard’s Final TriumphA new book by Todd Oldham and Kiera Coffee surveys everything the designer ever touched.
    By Wendy Goodman
  3. chapters
    Walking While BlackZiwe details a chilling roadside encounter in her debut essay collection, Black Friend.
    By Ziwe
  4. mothers and daughters
    My Mother the CreatorThe daughter of artist Jennifer Bartlett unpacks and reflects on her complicated legacy — at home and in the art world.
    By Alice Carrière
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    The Essay That Started It AllNatalie Beach reckons with her decision to write about her relationship with Caroline Calloway and everything that came next.
    By Natalie Beach
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    Dreaming to Decolonize: An Excerpt From Rest Is Resistance“To rest in a DreamSpace is a red brick through the glass window of capitalism.”
    By Tricia Hersey
  7. self-love
    I Desperately Want People to Think I Am HotIt’s the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever written down.
    By Mia Mercado
  8. love and war
    The Astrology Reading That Blew Up My LifeA stranger told me my soul mate was a Parisian born on November 2, 1968. So I booked a flight.
    By Natasha Sizlo
  9. the bigger picture
    Queens of a Certain Age Deserve All the FlowersWith Legends of Drag, Harry James Hanson and Devin Antheus compile a living history alongside phenomenal portraits of drag icons.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  10. family history
    ‘How Dare You. I’m Your Daughter.’Decades later, MSNBC anchor Katy Tur reckons with her explosive upbringing.
    By Katy Tur
  11. family planning
    I’d Like to Formally Request an Extension for My FertilityAhem, why didn’t anybody warn me it wouldn’t last forever?
    By Ginny Hogan
  12. fiction
    Women and Children First, From HeartbrokeIn this excerpt from Chelsea Bieker’s new collection, one woman tries to right the sins of her past by … committing a few more in the present.
    By Chelsea Bieker
  13. power
    Men Should Be Forced to Take Parental LeaveSome new fathers opt out of company-granted days off. In an excerpt from her new book, Pay Up, Reshma Saujani argues workplaces shouldn’t let them.
    By Reshma Saujani
  14. career
    I Was Waiting for My Career to Feel Solid to Start My Life. Then I Lost My Job.On reimagining our 30s.
    By Kayleen Schaefer
  15. what it’s like
    About That Interview I Did With a ZoophileIn this excerpt, writer Alexa Tsoulis-Reay revisits her infamous conversation with “Paul,” a man in a romantic relationship with a horse.
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
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    Book Excerpt: ‘Let Me Finish’ From ‘Cleopatra and Frankenstein’Zoe, too broke for plans, finds herself at a free Friday-night orgasm workshop. She leaves dissatisfied — and with a tempting job offer.
    By Coco Mellors
  17. book excerpt
    Bad ReputationAccusations of copying dogged James Dean’s brief career, in part because they were true.
    By Isaac Butler
  18. self
    ‘I May Be Bisexual,’ From Rachel Krantz’s Memoir, OpenWriter Rachel Krantz investigates her own sexuality through indulging her partner’s fantasy.
    By Rachel Krantz
  19. book excerpt
    ‘Never Call Me Your Drummer Again’The full story of the time Charlie Watts punched Mick Jagger, excerpted from Sympathy for the Drummer.
    By Mike Edison
  20. book excerpt
    What Miss Piggy Taught Me About AbuseIn this excerpt from her upcoming memoir, Nichole Perkins discusses the consequences of believing that the way to a man’s heart is to wear it down.
    By Nichole Perkins
  21. fiction
    OrgyIn this excerpt from Kaitlyn Greenidge’s latest work of fiction, a woman sneaks out to a sex party during the height of the pandemic.
    By Kaitlyn Greenidge
  22. book excerpt
    My Heartbreak WorkbookSomewhere, between my troubles and attempts to fix them, I will find myself.
    By Elissa Washuta
  23. the bigger picture
    This Solange-Approved Photographer Is Releasing a BookA first look at Carlota Guerrero’s Tengo un Dragón Dentro del Corazón.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  24. book excerpt
    What My Mother AteI remember her taste clearly because that was how my mother loved you, in subtle observations of what brought joy.
    By Michelle Zauner
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    A New York Window Washer Who, After 28 Years, Still Thinks About Falling“We are always listening for strange sounds on the scaffold.”
    As told to Craig Taylor
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    The Healer That Real-Estate Agents Call to Clear Their Cursed Apartments“It looks like I’m just walking around mumbling to myself. I don’t put on a big show, like they do on TV.”
    As told to Craig Taylor
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    The Things a New York Elevator Repairman Has Seen (and Smelled)Heaps of dead mice, sludge everywhere, and sometimes “a blast of piss gas right up in your face.”
    As told to Craig Taylor
  28. beginnings
    I Love Interior Design Because of My MotherShe taught me the value of decorating a home with authenticity.
    By Wendy Goodman
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    ‘Do You Think I’m Getting Ugly?’An excerpt from Elena Ferrante’s new novel, The Lying Life of Adults, narrated by Marisa Tomei.
    By Elena Ferrante
  30. modest proposals
    The Case for Adding 672 Million More AmericansA population of a billion would (maybe?) solve all the country’s problems.
    By Matthew Yglesias
  31. science of us
    How to Stop Reliving Embarrassing MemoriesThe science and psychology of the cringe attack.
    By Melissa Dahl
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    ‘Would You Be My Kiss‑in Partner?’During a protest at Harvard, Josh Oppenheimer’s kiss shook me into the awareness that I was not quite a man.
    By Meredith Talusan
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    An Oral History of The Office’s Insane Fire Drill EpisodeAn excerpt from Andy Greene’s The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s.
    By Andy Greene
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    Kenny Rogers Was Never Just One Kind of ArtistPop-country owes a debt of gratitude to the late singer and his debut hit “Lucille.”
    By Kenny Rogers
  35. ask a boss
    That Big Interview
    Job Interview Tips: How to Survive 10 Awkward SituationsWhat should you say when you don’t know the answer to a question? How do you explain you were fired?
    By Alison Green
  36. fiction
    ‘I Was 15 and He Was 42’Chapter one of My Dark Vanessa, the debut novel from Kate Elizabeth Russell.
    By Kate Elizabeth Russell
  37. the bigger picture
    100 Years of Hygge, IlluminatedThe rich history of Danish lighting design from 1920 to now.
    By Zoe Juanitas
  38. the bigger picture
    A Love Letter to MexicoFrom the former director of Elle España.
    By Zoe Juanitas
  39. the bigger picture
    Before There Were Instagram Filters, There Was Kodachrome700,000 anonymous photo slides form a nostalgic picture of mid-century domesticity.
    By Anne Cruz
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    When Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Met Artist Jordan Wolfson“Everyone’s queer for clout now.”
    By Nathan Pemberton
  41. book excerpt
    ‘The Long-Term Survival of Our Civilization Cannot Be Assured’Energy expert Vaclav Smil believes we must walk away from growth to keep the climate stable. Not that he thinks we will.
    By Vaclav Smil
  42. science of us
    How to Be SociableIt’s harder than it sounds.
    By Jessica Pan
  43. fiction
    Period, Ellipsis, Full StopWhat happens when your new start comes to a halt?
    By Polly Rosenwaike
  44. the internet is for porn
    How Smartphones Got a Conservative Nation Hooked on PornIn 2012, three Indian politicians were forced to step down after they were caught watching porn during a session of Parliament.
    By Ravi Agrawal
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    The Genderqueer Tale of “Take a Walk on the Wild Side”’s Jackie Curtis“I’m not a boy, not a girl — I’m just me, Jackie.”
    By Kembrew McLeod
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    How Chris Gethard Learned to Stop Trying to Fit In and Just Do His Own ThingAn excerpt from Gethard’s new book Lose Well.
    By Chris Gethard
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    The Making (and Unmaking) of Paul’s BoutiqueThe Beastie Boys made a masterpiece. And then they were foiled by Donny Osmond.
    By Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz
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    The Story Behind the Friends Classic, ‘The One With the Embryos’More widely known as the one with the trivia contest, it’s touted as either the all-time greatest episode of Friends, or a close runner-up.
    By Kelsey Miller
  49. interview
    Jonah Hill and Michael Cera Get Real About Love, Superbad, and Their Teen Years“I have this footage of us from the Superbad press tour and even watching that and looking at myself when I was like 19, it’s really disturbing.”
    By Jonah Hill
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    Eric Idle on the Enduring, Powerful Legacy of the Song He Wrote As a JokeHow Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” took on a life of its own.
    By Eric Idle
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