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<p>Leland Nally is a writer living in Los Angeles.</p>


Leland Nally

A collage of children's letters to Santa.

Politics

What I Learned From Reading Over A Thousand Letters To Santa

<p>Fran Hoepfner is a writer and teacher.</p>


Fran Hoepfner

A scene from Bacurau, courtesy Kino Lorber.

Defector At The Movies

‘Bacurau’ Is The Movie-est Movie You’ll See This Year

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<p>Charles P. Pierce is a writer at <em>Esquire</em> and the author of four books, most recently <em>Idiot America</em>, and has been a working journalist since 1976. He lives near Boston with his wife but no longer his three children.</p>
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Charles P. Pierce

during the International Rules Series match between Ireland and Australia at Croke Park Stadium on November 21, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland.

History

100 Years On, Bloody Sunday Still Bleeds

Corey Sobel

Book Excerpts That Don't Suck

The Running Back Who Reads Emily Dickinson

<p>Dvora Meyers is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn. She writes about gymnastics and other topics in her newsletter, <a href="https://dvora.substack.com/">Unorthodox Gymnastics.</a></p>


Dvora Meyers

Svetlana Khorkina falls on the vault at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. It was not her fault.

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What I Learned From Reading Over A Thousand Letters To Santa

‘Bacurau’ Is The Movie-est Movie You’ll See This Year

100 Years On, Bloody Sunday Still Bleeds

The Running Back Who Reads Emily Dickinson

The Greatest Clusterfuck In Women’s Gymnastics History, Two Decades Later

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