Items in Your Online Shopping Cart Are Selling Fast!
Catherine LeClair writes a humorously hostile series of e-mails on behalf of items left in an online shopping cart.
Novelist Esi Edugyan On Black Genius And What Comes After Slavery
The author of Man Booker Prize finalist Washington Black began her new book on a plantation in 1830s Barbados. “I really have no idea where my story is going at the outset of it,” she says.
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Elizabeth Warren Disappointed After DNA Test Shows Zero Trace Of Presidential Material
Saudi Arabia Sends Assassins To Dismember Entire International Community In Effort To Stifle Dissent
NEW YORK CITY—Taking drastic measures to silence their critics, Saudi Arabia reportedly sent assassins to dismember the entire international community Monday as part of an effort to stifle dissent. “At the order of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, teams of assassination squads were dispatched to all corners of…
Subject Lines of E-mails My Dad Has Sent Me with No Message in the Body
Lauren Bans imagines a humorous list of e-mail subject lines her father has sent her with no message in the body.
Novelist Esi Edugyan On Depicting The ‘Forgotten Figures’ Of Scientific History
Edugyan’s latest novel, Washington Black, tells the story of a boy who escapes slavery and embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery. It has been shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.
Phoebe Robinson: There’s No Excuse For The Lack Of Diversity In Comedy
“There are so many talented, amazing people and if you’re not booking them, it’s either out of laziness or the fact you really don’t care,” says the co-host of the 2 Dope Queens podcast.
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