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My 10 Best Shows of the 21st Century
My NYT Best TV Shows ballot + new published fiction
Sep 24
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New pop culture writing course added for fall
Six weeks this fall
Sep 23
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Everything is Ragtime
On RHONY and the Kennedys
Sep 23
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The Prime of Ms. Carole Radziwill
But is RHONY in its prime again?
Sep 16
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Let's talk about GQ's Tom Cruise cover
Chile...
Sep 15
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The Shards is a hetero adaptation of a queer novel
Ryan Murphy’s sanitized TV adaptation
Sep 2
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DNF or: The Art of Performative Not Reading
Plus, everything I read in August
Sep 2
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August 2026
Ryan Murphy adapted the wrong Bret Easton Ellis novel
The Shards’ unrecognizable adaptation
Aug 25
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Real Housewives Isn’t That Deep
On Real Housewives as “anthropology”
Aug 21
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The Shards shows how not to adapt a novel
The Shards, Week 2
Aug 18
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Everything I Read in July (in London)
Plus, London bookstore, food, and party recs
Aug 11
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Let's Get Frank Again!
A new posting schedule and subscriber discount
Aug 10
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