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Tipped for the Oscars, “Hamnet” was released on November 26th. When the movie showed at film festivals, the director, Chloé Zhao, invited the audience to...

I’m Aileen Varsity-Spaunders, but you probably know me from my often remaindered coffee-table books, “Entertaining with the Money from Your First Annulment,” “Elegant Dining with...

Generate yourself as a [age] [gender] who sounds like [parental figure or lost loved one] mixed with [favorite entertainer]. Add [sexual kinks]. Do you like...

Hello! I am the weak female lead in this dystopian Y.A. action movie, and I really just need to lie down. Ever since we ran...

Children run alongside and taunt you, because you’re old, but you don’t care, because your hearing is shot! Your hair falls out, but you can’t...

Beatles lyrics updated for their contemporaries, on the occasion of Ringo Starr’s recent eighty-fifth birthday. ListenDo you want to know a secret?Do you promise not...

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“Emma” and “Jackass 2 Unrated” —Movies rented by my daughter and son, respectively, many years ago, and watched on our TV, in that order, the...

To my editor: Thank you for your notes on the new manuscript. I certainly take your point that death, as a theme, isn’t a traditional...

November 5, 2024Today was so stressful. Papá told our family we had to move out of our home by January 20th and go into hiding...