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Freak journalism

Writing about an unfamiliar or imaginary subculture? Try the Weirdo Convention Mad-Lib. (Also works for war protest coverage.)

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Caro bello amore dolce

Pia Z. Ehrhardt writes adultery stories like nobody else. There’s a new one, “Tell Me in Italian,” in the latest Narrative. (Subscription is free.)

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The death of thee

Works of Melville and Hawthorne spur an inquiry into Americans’ historical use of “thee” and “thou.”

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