My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, ...

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Edmund White, who died yesterday at 85, infused his life with as much pleasure as he did his writing.

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The world’s richest man and the president of the United States are now openly fighting.

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But for archivists interested in preserving the college’s queer history, it caused a small panic. How would they ever sort through the sprawling chat? Whereas the journal entries required concision ...

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The reality of the suspect’s immigration status is more complex than the president and his aides have portrayed.