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Like Will Ferrell or Amy Sedaris, it seemed like John Hodgman was creating a new kind of humor. We had no idea what he was

Is there anyone classier, smarter, and more of a person I might be tempted to put a photo of on my mantel than Michelle Obama?

Before my trip to South America, I looked for places he’d been. I had 24 hours in Cali in Colombia, and he’d gone there, had

Zadie Smith is kind of everything you ever want to be. I’m in love with this short story I heard her read on the New

As you know, Amy Schumer is ridiculous. I consider her my long-lost third sister. Not only does she have her book, The Girl with the

Roxane Gay was sitting outside Hugo House one night when I went to a reading. My friend Jessica and I chatted with her about student