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Crack Brownies

I made these brownies, using the recipe in this article. Read the article too because it's really funny. And happy new year too. Love, A...

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Podcast & Dispatch

I've got a few new things to share up on Tablet's website. First things first, my very first (and probably last) podcast is up. In it, I interview Nathan Thrall who is the Middle East analyst for the International Crisis...

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Swine Stories

Wrote a profile of TFR friend Jeffrey Yosokowitz, a kosher kid who started a site called Pork Memoirs. Check it out here: Though drawn heavily from Jewish themes and settings, the stories are not all tales of rebellion against a...

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Dream Land

Here is my (glancing) 9/11 piece on Hakeem Olajuwon and moderate Islam, which I wrote for Tablet. We spent humid afternoons in our driveways imitating Hakeem the Dream’s signature move. Called the Dream Shake, the maneuver was famous for freezing...

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Paris Review

Here's a good read in the Paris Review of an interview/dialectical/conversation/seance between Janet Malcolm and Katie Roiphe. Sure it's about writing, but it's also about everything else. Take the time to read it, it's better than what you were doing...

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