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Lisa Kudrow

Aug 2026 · 1 book

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The Armstrong Trilogy (comprising The Nickel Boys, Harlem Shuffle, and Crook Manifesto - note: The Nickel Boys is not set in Harlem, but Whitehead's Harlem sequence is an ongoing trilogy starting with Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto)

Colson Whitehead

like the harlem in colson whitehead's wonderful just finished trilogy of novels it celebrates a resilient churning vitality ▶ tap to play from here

Best Of: Colman Domingo / Writer Leïla Slimani

Aug 2026

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‘The Dog Stars’ novelist Peter Heller / Remembering rock critic Dave Marsh

Aug 2026

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‘Wonder Man’ star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on cancellation and confidence

Aug 2026

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Challenges the U.S. military is facing in Iran

Aug 2026

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Jason Segel is not afraid of the ‘dirty underneath’

Aug 2026

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What evolution reveals about eating, dieting and fat

Aug 2026

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Best Of: 'Spider-Man' dir. Destin Daniel Cretton / Novelist Harriet Clark

Aug 2026

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Reckoning with America’s history of slavery

Aug 2026

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Colman Domingo loves a challenge

Aug 2026

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The race for tech supremacy: The U.S. vs. China

Aug 2026

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‘Spider-Man’ director Destin Daniel Cretton

Aug 2026

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Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy

Aug 2026

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Best Of: Jia Tolentino on plastic surgery & AI / ‘Beef’ creator Lee Sun Jin

Aug 2026

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Remembering ‘The Man Who Listens to Horses’

Aug 2026

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Novelist Claire Vaye Watkins on the beauty & brutality of the desert

Aug 2026

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How Trump made an estimated $2.2 billion last year

Aug 2026

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Jean Smart bids farewell to ‘Hacks’

Aug 2026

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Miss America ‘68, women’s lib, and the politics of beauty

Aug 2026

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Best Of: ‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson / Actor Jon Bernthal

Aug 2026

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