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The Study of Seduction

At a swanky downtown lounge, a sultry brunette sits with her back to the bar. She plays with her drink, plays with her hair, plays […]

Footnotes: The Study of Seduction

If her hands are on her face, she is either lying or bored. French neuroanatomist Duchenne de Bologne wrote in 1862 that the difference between […]

Poker Face

[ydn-legacy-photo-inline id=”247″ ] It is November 6, about an hour into the Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final Tournament in Cannes, France. Of the 764 contestants […]

I came, I saw, I WWOOFed

I have consumed alcohol before nine in the morning on only two occasions. The first was Yale-Harvard ’08. The second was this summer while working […]

The hills are alive (and profitable)

In easels in the theater of the town hall in West Rutland, Vermont, sat 13 photographs of mountains, and Justin Lindholm was eager to show […]

Every Cheese Has a Story

There is something sublime about taking a bite into the perfect grilled cheese. But it is an uneasy moment, really – caught between ecstasy and […]

Bunnies Make the World Go ‘Round

It was a typical early September evening: cool and not yet cold, breezy and not yet windy — the perfect time to sprawl in bed […]

More Sake, More Happy

Tony Chi places his cup of green tea on the aluminum grill and sprawls on a stool in the back of the restaurant. Adjusting his […]

The Abami’s Afterlife

The Abami (meaning “strange one” in Yoruba) had awoken from his slumber. Kaleta’s long, anxious wait for Fela Kuti, the creator of Afrobeat, was finally […]

Googly Eyes – First Place, Wallace Prize for Nonfiction

The clock has twelve eyes, one for each hour. Three and nine o’clock are green, twelve and six are gray, and two is hazel. The […]

Acceptance

There’s no hanging around after last bell for the 1,385 students at Wilbur Cross High School. At least a dozen buses idle in the parking […]