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A Tête-à-Tête about Women, the Internet, and Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Purity’

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Sex

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Sex

Things You Learn When a Long-Term Relationship Collapses in Your 20s

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Leave Jonathan Franzen Alone

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Money

Emily Gould’s New Novel ‘Friendship’ Reads Like a Young Adult Novel About Adult Problems

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Implausible Literary Halloween Costumes No One Will Recognize

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Entertainment

I Asked My Dad, Who Has Dementia, to Annotate Jonathan Franzen’s ‘How to Be Alone’

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Bad Bunny Presents Star-Studded, Cinematic Halftime Show Straight Out of Puerto Rico

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US rock band Green Day performs during the opening ceremony ahead of Super Bowl LX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 8, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Music

Green Day’s Super Bowl Performance Was an Explosive (And Censored) Rock Show

Green Day performed a medley of hits at the Super Bowl, including “Holiday”, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, and “American Idiot”.

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Gaming

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