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 Some, uh, "New Yorkers" are dropping the "the" from place names like "the East Village" and "the Lower East Side". Like: "Want to meet for dinner in East Village?" What the hell - Media dragons rarely use a or the 🤣??

St Imrich

Articles of Note

The Sally Rooney bucket hat, the Sally Rooney pop-up coffee cart — “It book” swag occupies a bizarre place in literary culture    Rooney 

New Books

Leonardo's Lady With an Ermine survived epidemics, fires, floods, greed, theft, ancient grudges, retribution, and bombing  Leonardo’s Lady

Essays & Opinions

Canada’s tidy, modest institutions have lowered the ceiling on its creative professions. To pursue larger ambitions, move to America  Amerika OK