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How Dennis Lee Cooked Up Alligator Pie
One man’s war against what he called “pious versicles” led to an enduring work of children’s literature
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The “Multi-Multi-Multi-Million-Dollar” Art Fraud That Shook the World
Norval Morrisseau was one of the most famous Indigenous artists anywhere. Then the fakes of his works surfaced—and kept coming
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What’s Lost in the Quest for Black Authenticity
The media’s appetite for “gritty” Black stories turns misery into entertainment
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My Guilty Pleasure: Dynasty Clawed Its Way into My Heart
Kidnapping, bigamy, financial ruin, babies falling from roofs—and really great clothes
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The Exquisite Agony of Watching Bradley Cooper Chase an Oscar
What is it about wanting something that audiences find so repulsive?
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Me, My Selfies, and I
Those of us on the line between Gen X and millennial are watching our identities shift and age in a way no previous generation has
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The North Runs on Facebook
At twenty, the social media giant might seem old school. For many of us up here, it’s still the place to be
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Social Media Is Warping History
#History is huge on TikTok, where counterintuitive takes flatter users into thinking they know the “real” story
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Joni Mitchell’s Best Album Is Turning Fifty. It’s Not Blue
For Court and Spark, Joni the lonely, Joni the soloist, did something nobody expected her to do. She hired a band
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