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Dan Kois

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Eureka Moments

Before Tony Kushner’s Angels in America became iconic, it traveled the rocky road to the stage that every good bit of theatre knows. At Slate, Isaac Butler offers a comprehensive oral history covering every…
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Bringing Up Baby

Shirley Jackson’s bone-chilling story “The Lottery” is probably the last thing anyone wants to associate with Mother’s Day, yet her lurking plot twists and sharp character insights are the perfect…
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