“All academia is dark academia.” I said it without thinking, a knee-jerk reaction to a literary label that had been assigned to me but always felt ill-fitting. Until that moment—discussing my first novel, If We Were Villains, with the Folger Shakespeare Library book club—I hadn’t really understood why. It was the “dark” modifier I disliked.
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We independently evaluate all recommended products and sercives. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. If you take a look inside the modern man’s bathroom cabinet, you’ll probably find enough products to moisturize a small army. Vain creatures, these 21st-century
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(Left) The cast of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’. Photo: Lucasfilm. (Right) ‘Invasion’ series creator Simon Kinberg. Preview: Simon Kinberg is reportedly developing a ‘Star Wars’ movie trilogy. He’d write the movies and produce them with Kathleen Kennedy. This trilogy is apparently about new characters. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. A respected
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BEIJING – China on Friday announced a five-year package totaling 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) to tackle local government debt problems, while signaling more economic support would come next year. Minister of Finance Lan Fo’an told reporters Friday that authorities planned to “actively use” the available deficit space that can be expanded next year. He
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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak with former first lady Melania Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Donald Trump has never been shy about touting his accomplishments. Yet after achieving what is
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Brand new Lucid electric cars sit parked in front of a Lucid Studio showroom in San Francisco on May 24, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Lucid Group slightly beat Wall Street’s third-quarter expectations as the electric carmaker cuts costs ahead of plans to begin consumer production of a new SUV by the end of
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British Gambian rapper Pa Salieu has announced a new mixtape: the 11-song Afrikan Alien arrives next Friday, November 15. The project includes recent singles “Belly,” “Round & Round,” and “Allergy,” as well as tracks featuring contributions from Black Sherif, Byron Messia, and Odumodublvck. Afrikan Alien follows Salieu’s 2020 debut mixtape Send Them to Coventry. The
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Rivian Automotive lowered its earnings forecast for the year after missing Wall Street’s third-quarter expectations, including a significant miss in revenue. Here is how the company performed in the quarter, compared with average estimates compiled by LSEG: Loss per share: 99 cents adjusted vs. a loss of 92 cents expected Revenue: $874 million vs. $990 million expected
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Canada on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned TikTok’s business in the country to be dissolved, citing national-security risks, but added the government was not blocking Canadians’ access to the short-video app or their ability to create content. “The government is taking action to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance‘s operations in Canada through the
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