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A new computer game lets players compete to reenact the assassination of President Kennedy—from the vantage point of Lee Harvey Oswald.
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All parents want their children to do well; not all parents want their children to become writers. Author Lan Samantha Chang chats with our man in Boston about her new novel that was 10 years in the writing, and her slide from upstanding daughter to rebel with a clause.
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You’re asked to buy an expensive, ugly bridesmaid’s dress, but aren’t invited to the shower. You bought the wedding presents years ago; they’re just in your closet.
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From photographer Abelardo Morell, a gallery of hauntingly beautiful pictures excerpted from his new book, where we discover how much of the world can fit through a pinhole.
Dear editors, To Danny Gregory’s question (Can watercolors change how you perceive a killer?), I answer yes. Gregory’s drawings will most likely allow most viewers to perceive these flawed human beings—who are the products of a very flawed country—as nothing more than callous idiots. Most Americans
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