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​Conversing with Ether

Ari Schulman

The Givenness of Things: Essaysby marilynne robinsonfarrar, straus and giroux, 304 pages, $26 Why is it that the most graceful writer of our day, who offers such a beautiful...

​11 Rude Questions You Need to Stop Asking Semiamorous Couples

Ari Schulman

How did you meet? Well, it was sort of . . .  there wasn’t one moment, exactly. We were kind of in the same friend circles, and she was...