Ode to Knoll Krest Farm's Coconut Macaroons

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Lizzo and Lady Gaga star in Marilyn Minter's steamed-up portraits.

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Diane Ackerman masterfully re-creates the prewar world as it shifted from idyllic to nightmarish. 

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Everyone, even the crazies, sounds sane in their own head.

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We're all stuck in Plasticville.

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Kay WalkingStick's landscape paintings portray absence.

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From 2011 to 2013, I reviewed great date night restaurants in NYC.

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From 2008 to 2011, I reviewed fiction and nonfiction.

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From 2006 to 2009, I served as a reader for the Discover program, helping to select works of unusual merit from first-time or little-known writers.

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From 2004 to 2008, I reviewed literary fiction for the publishing industry's most important trade magazine [unbylined].

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