The following is excerpted from Megan Nolan’s debut novel Acts of Desperation, about the tensions between rebellion and submission, escaping degradation and eroticizing it, loving and being lovable. Nolan’s essays, fiction and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the White Review, and the Sunday Times, among others. Regular columns of her cultural commentary
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Lance Waldroup, a famous bootlegger from Discovery’s “Moonshiners,” has died. Lance died Feb. 25 in his home state of North Carolina … according to his father, Jeff, who also appeared on the reality show alongside his son. The cause of death remains unclear. Discovery tells TMZ … Lance will be remembered as an adventurous distiller
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The world’s dominant internet retailer has signaled its intent to do a similar job in the physical world by opening its first shop outside of the US. Amazon has been dabbling with bricks-and-mortar retail for three years in its home town of Seattle and things seem to have gone well enough for it to make
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Along with his contemporary, the great painter and poet Edward Lear (1812-88), Lewis Carroll, who was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98), is one of the greatest Victorian purveyors of nonsense literature. Unlike Lear, Carroll poured his nonsense into fiction as well as some of the most famous and best-loved poems in the English language, so
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he anticipates a ferocious travel recovery from the Covid pandemic, a development that would have significant implications for companies with exposure to the industry and for the U.S. economy overall. “It’s going to be a boom here in this country, and I don’t think people are ready for it,” Cramer
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Remember bands? During a chat with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine decried the disappearance of bands from the music scene, at least in the pop spotlight. Speaking with Lowe, the Maroon 5 frontman said he came to this revelation recently while showing his daughter music videos. “I’ve been playing her a
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Shadecraft: Netflix Developing Series Adaptation From Lucifer’s Joe Henderson Netflix has reportedly picked up Image Comics’ upcoming comic book Shadecraft created by Joe Henderson, the co-showrunner of Lucifer, and artist Lee Garbett, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The comic book, which will be published on March 31, is being adapted into a pilot for the
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