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The New York Times Magazine recently published a cover story about Spike Jonze, whose cultural productions — for two decades, at this point —...

I’ve been a mere lurker at Infinite Summer, the online book club which sprang up to honor the late David Foster Wallace by exploring...

The New Gods are stronger, faster, and smarter than other generations.