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Will 'Always Be My Maybe' Always Be Our Baby?
The much-anticipated new Randall Park-Ali Wong film transports us to the heyday of the American rom-com — with a few refreshing changes.
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The Public Private Life Of Young Love In Sally Rooney's 'Normal People'
In the Irish author's second novel, two teens explore sex, secrets and what intimacy is worth.
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'Workin' Moms' Will Give You, And Your Saggy Postpartum Boobs, A Lift
This Netflix mom-com following four women trying to have it all will delight, and terrify, parents and non-parents alike.
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Michael Cohen And The Art Of The Right-Wing Book Deal
Donald Trump’s former lawyer is selling, but is anyone buying?
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How To Write About Death When You Don't Know How To Grieve
In Katharine Smyth’s new memoir, Virginia Woolf provides a comfort and a structure for unconventional mourning.
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We're Trapped Inside Netflix's 'Russian Doll' -- And It's Great In Here
Despite all the comparisons the tripped-out dramedy from Natasha Lyonne and Amy Poehler inevitably evokes, it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before.
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Ignore The Online Backlash Cycle: Marie Kondo's Netflix Show Is Good
"Tidying Up With Marie Kondo" bears little resemblance to the divisive, book-hating show described on social media.
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Kristen Roupenian's Prison Experiment
In her debut short story collection, the "Cat Person" author seems to be approaching fiction like nonfiction, like a psychological study with a result at the end of it.
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Is 'The Break-Up' A Romantic Comedy? A Debate.
When is a rom-com just a comedy about two sad people destroying each other’s lives?
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Is 'Bull Durham' A Romantic Comedy? A Debate.
When is a sports movie also a rom-com, and a rom-com also a sports movie?
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If Love Is A Battlefield, Rom-Coms Are War Stories
Twenty years after "You've Got Mail," an onscreen relationship that makes a woman's life qualitatively better still seems like a fantasy.
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To Hate-Watch Or Not To Hate-Watch: A Discussion Of 'A Christmas Prince 2'
Is “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding” a frothy nuptial romp or a grim look at what comes after the whirlwind fairy-tale betrothal? It's complicated!
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The Truth About Good Sex In Fiction: It Exists
Women and queer people have been successfully figuring out how to write lingerie-meltingly hot erotica for years, and it’s hiding in plain sight.
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The Best Fiction Of 2018
The literature that brought dapples of joy and magic to an otherwise depressing year.
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All The Murdered Virgin Saints And Me
In Catholic school, dead girls who avoided rape were role models. It's where I learned my sexuality didn’t belong to me, but any sins committed against it did.
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Let HBO's 'My Brilliant Friend' Turn You Into A Socialist
Consciousness can be raised through any medium, including one that can cost over $100 a month.
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Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 National Book Awards
Congratulations to all these extremely good writers.
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The Civic Dreams Of Idra Novey's 'Those Who Knew'
A Me Too saga unfolds amid the muck of political intrigue in a novel that testifies to the power of citizen participation in government.