FROM THE MAGAZINE

November 2021

High Life

I loved prison

Yes, prison is unremittingly bleak, but I recall only how physically well I felt during my time inside

By Taki

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Low Life

I rather enjoy my chemotherapy sessions

I don’t exactly look forward to them but it’s not so bad once I’m there

By Jeremy Clarke

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Home

Personal grooming on date night

You never appreciate how little your friends know you till they fix you up with a date

By Cosmo Landesman

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Home

I was on the floor in ’74

It’s hard to believe, but New York was a competitive state then

By Bill Kauffman

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Home

The peculiarly American attitude toward change

Until quite recently, the preponderance of the country viewed suspicion of change, let alone resistance to it, as un-American

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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Style

The daring young man who gave his name to the leotard

The leotard was always a happily ambiguous garment

By Laura Freeman

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Language

The rational meaning of ‘surd’

A surd number or quantity is irrational, such as the square root of two

By Dot Wordsworth

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Place

Perudo in Utah

Dicing in the desert

By Orson Fry

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