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Models Behaving Badly
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J M Coetzee on my new book, Brief Hours and Weeks
“Brief Hours and Weeks awakes many memories of Cape Town, the city of Emanuel Derman’s youth and mine, as it was half a century ago.…Continue readingJ M Coetzee on my new book, Brief Hours and Weeks
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A Short Excerpt From Chapter 9 of “Brief Hours and Weeks”
CHAPTER 9. THE ISLE OF CAPRI … I do like girls, but all I want is for them to like me back, a lot. Dayenu. In Montagu…Continue readingA Short Excerpt From Chapter 9 of “Brief Hours and Weeks”
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Summertime: An Excerpt from “Brief Hours and Weeks”
You love a while and when love goesYou try to hide the tears inside with a cheerful pose.But in the hush of night exactly like…Continue readingSummertime: An Excerpt from “Brief Hours and Weeks”
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Why Is This Interesting? – The Tetragrammaton Edition
A single name–Bjork or Madonna–is grand. A single name with its own name is even grander.
Emanuel Derman on X
Ms. Leddy said she was focused on continuing in the world of social media influencers.
“It’s my passion,” she said. “I actually do love being on camera, and I love talking to people, and I love sharing my life.”
A Glimpse Into the Extravagant Lives of New York City Teens
Some youngsters are finding an audience by making Manhattan a main character.
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"if you believe most articles in the business press about AI, we’re on the verge of creating a godlike superintelligence which we will use to send more emails." by @dsquareddigest
Claudia Cardinale, Actress Who Was ‘Italy’s Girlfriend,’ Is Dead at 87
"You can learn beauty. Visconti taught me how to be beautiful. He taught me to cultivate mystery, without which, he said, there cannot be real beauty.”
Claudia Cardinale, Actress Who Was ‘Italy’s Girlfriend,’ Is Dead at 87
A sex symbol with girl-next-door appeal, she rose to fame in the 1960s and starred in more than 150 films, inc...
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Drawing out Leviathan, by @lionel_trolling
Drawing out Leviathan
A Minor Victory but a Major Defeat
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