From comments made by Russian chess officials in July, following an incident at the Moscow Open in which a chess-playing robot broke the finger of its seven-year-old competitor. Translated from… ...

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From reports of people living at airports. A German former pilot spent thirteen days in Viracopos–Campinas International Airport after he was dumped by a woman he met online. An Indian… ...

From F. Scott Fitzgerald Remembered, which will be published this month by Camden House. I did protest against traipsing across Carolina to see Scott. I felt a sense of ignominy… ...

From “I Was So Hopeful for You,” collected in the anthology What My Father and I Don’t Talk About, which will be published in May by Simon & Schuster. Before… ...

Vildolency, Blaccarra, and Blossomnia, mixed-media artworks (photographs of found-object sculptures with applied color and objects) by Thorsten Brinkmann, whose work was on view in December with Pablo ...

Vildolency, Blaccarra, and Blossomnia, mixed-media artworks (photographs of found-object sculptures with applied color and objects) by Thorsten Brinkmann, whose work was on view in December with Pablo ...

Paul is Lily’s gay best friend and closest romantic confidant. Grating portmanteaus are a crucial part of their relationship.

From I’m Always Looking Up and You’re Jumping, which will be published next year by Random House.

I can’t name the seven major types of plastic, but I’m pretty sure I’ve thrown them all away. Crumpled them up, peeled them off the bottom of my shoe, chucked them like basketballs after saying, “For ...