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Here’s what’s making us happy
this
week.
By
Brittany Allen
| September 4, 2026
Remembering Gloria Steinem, author and agent of the second wave.
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Brittany Allen
| September 3, 2026
Helen Mirren is playing Patricia Highsmith?! Watch the trailer for
A Talent for Murder.
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Brittany Allen
| August 28, 2026
Six Novels That Try to Keep Up With Elizabeth Taylor
Stephen Greco Recommends Kitty Kelley, C. David Heymann, John Waters, and More
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Stephen Greco
| August 27, 2026
In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is accepting donations.
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Brittany Allen
| August 26, 2026
Everything we know (so far) about Billie Eilish’s
Bell Jar.
By
Brittany Allen
| August 25, 2026
Best Reviewed
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Explore a rare collection of LGBTQ+ children’s books dating back to 1969.
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Brittany Allen
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Brittany Allen
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Brittany Allen
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By
Brittany Allen
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The
Children of Blood and Bone
trailer is here. (But you might want to buy the book instead.)
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Brittany Allen
| July 30, 2026
The ten sickest burns in Emily Wilson’s
Odyssey
review, ranked.
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Brittany Allen
| July 29, 2026
Why Virginia Woolf is having a moment in Hollywood.
Your favorite modernist is getting three new adaptations this summer.
By
Brittany Allen
| July 27, 2026
Watch the chic, menacing trailer for Bret Easton Ellis’s new FX series.
By
Brittany Allen
| July 16, 2026
A new Mary Oliver documentary captures the poet’s wild and precious life.
By
Brittany Allen
| July 10, 2026
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"A maximalist s banquet It is humane blood-flecked disturbing and sustaining James has written a…"