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Arts And Culture

Massive Own-Goal Scored By Ed Sheeran

Macklemore in a green fur coat poses on stage.

Robert Kraft Now Decides Who Tours With Ed Sheeran

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Chris Thompson

The cover of Observer over a black-and-white photo of the Nevada desert.

Interviews

Nicholas Russell’s Debut Novel Gets Weird In The Desert

Patrick Redford

Head coach Mike McDonald of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates with fans during the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl LX victory celebration and parade at Lumen Field on February 11, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

How NFL Teams Avoid The Great Big Middle


<p><a href="http://Feldman.cool" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brian Feldman</a> is a software engineer living in Brooklyn.</p>


Brian Feldman

New yorkers throw garbage at the green goblin from the Queensboro bridge

How An Unsubtle 9/11 Tribute Was Added To Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’

Laura Wheatman Hill

Emily St. John Mandel, author of Exit Party

Talking To Emily St. John Mandel About Revision, Timeline Corruption, And Living Without A Floor

Becca Young

‘Furious’ Makes You Face It

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Summer May Be Ending, But We’ll Always Have ‘Sterling Point’

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Rena Behar

Fernando Romero’s “El Sol” exhibition

Art Can Be What You Smell

Vikram Murthi

‘It Ends’ Is The Gen Z Horror Movie Of The Year

Giri Nathan

Tennis

An Interview With A Biographer Of Renée Richards, An Actual Trans Pro Athlete

Joel Pinckney

What Do Booksellers Make Of “The End Of Reading”?

Rachelle Hampton

Dolly Parton stands alone on stage holding a microphone. She's wearing a flowy red top and black bottoms.

Dolly Parton Prepared Us For The End

Brandy Jensen

Don’t Forget The Nails

<p>Peter Coviello is Professor of English at UIC. He writes about normal things: Walt Whitman, Mormon polygamy, stepparenthood, Prince.</p>
