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Stop Bringing Your Phone Into the Bathroom
A very simple new year's resolution that will change your life immediately.
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Ellen Yang
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5 Very Short Reads to Expand Your Literary World Before 2025
Bold, thought-provoking, and genuinely pleasurable books for your end-of-year list, from criticism to fiction. All under 170 pages.
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Ellen Yang
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You Can't Bullet Point a Book
You're not in English class anymore. Why use apps or AI to cheat yourself out of getting the full experience of literature?
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Ellen Yang
Goodreads: The Platform for Radicalization or Just Another Reading List?
Maybe we are reading too much into what someone reads. Or not.
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Reading List: "To Go to Lvov" Instead of Working "Bullshit Jobs"
A poem, two essays, and a game in my new featured series, “Reading List.”
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Ellen Yang
Expanding New Material Girl
Gratitude, reflections, and exciting new content for paid subscribers.
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Against Counting
Does counting people dehumanize them? A look at the stories of plague and war, from King David's Israel to Putin's Russian-Ukraine War.
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Ellen Yang
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