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My Electric Lit essay, the newsletter turns six, and my favorite memoir of the year

"It was a good website. I doubt I'll ever find a place like it for the rest of my career"

There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas

A food critic’s favorite menu items from a year of dining out.

Helen Rosner on what, where, and how to eat.

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Writers aren’t born, they’re made—from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.

A riotous collection of "witty and captivating" essays by a gay Filipino immigrant in America who is learning that everything is about sex (Bitch Magazine) -- and sex is about power.When Matt Ortile m...