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In his memoir, Simon Paré-Poupart recounts the highs and lows of hauling trash for more than 20 years. By Dwight Garner Chatbots are appropriating our most common rhetorical tics. Yet when it comes to ...

June 15, 2026 • In America, U.S.A., Princeton historian Eddie Glaude Jr. looks at the country through the lens of its previous anniversaries and centennials. "The divided soul of the nation is in full ...

June 3, 2026 • In 'My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein,' the narrator, a writer, actually spends one month trying to understand Stein's genius, how she invented herself, and her relationship with ...