Jennifer Finney Boylan
Our Boston correspondent chats with novelist Jennifer Finney Boylan about going on “Oprah,” the differences between being a female writer versus a male writer, and her best-selling book about becoming the woman she always was.
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Bolivian Brain Rot
Signs that you got sick by talking to that person in line at the ATM, even if you’re not totally convinced you’re coming down with something: —Sweat, both warm and cold —Dropping-off of fingernails —Miasma —The sniffles —Your unquestioning interest in the day-long Battlestar Galactica marathon
4 October 2004
New York's currently: committed to ignoring polls for six weeks 14 killed, dozens injured by two car bombs attacking lines of police recruits in Baghdad. U.S. regains control of Samarra, prepares to hand over control to Iraqi security forces. The big story: How the White House used
RSVPs and “Best Persons”
A wedding invitation arrives without an RSVP card, and a bride wonders what to call a female “best man.”
1 October 2004
New York's currently: totally ready to vote In their first debate, Bush and Kerry show strong differences in direction and opinion. The candidates may have said more when they weren't saying anything, but still found time to exaggerate and omit certain facts. (Transcript here) Spin: Key
30 September 2004
New York's currently: telling the neighbor's kids it can't come out to play After months of campaigning and weeks of misleading claims, the candidates enter their first debate, on foreign policy, tonight. Watch the debates and play along! With the real rules (PDF), the
Paper Faces, Paper Cities
What if the city was something you could remake every day, restoring bits you feared were lost? Pitchaya Sudbanthad talks to the street artist known as Swoon, including a full gallery of her fascinating work.
29 September 2004
New York's currently: outraged, furious, crazed, angry, infuriated, frenzied, raging--and that's just for Cheney More than 2,300 attacks by insurgents in Iraq in the last 30 days (see graphic). Seven hostages freed in Iraq; $1 million possibly paid for Italians' release. Eight of
Freshman Year
Elisabeth Eckleman just left home, and has a lot of difficult decisions ahead of her. In this installment, Elisabeth loses her high-school boyfriend and drives to college with her parents. You decide what happens next.
28 September 2004
New York's currently: pressing pause on ambition for a few months of hope and fury Twice as many Iraqis (mostly civilians) killed by U.S., multinational forces, and Iraqi police as killed by insurgents. Oil prices surge past $50 on Monday, and may continue to rise. Fewer than