The Lonely Theatre Doom Loop

What it’s like to live in a place where most screenings are empty. For Slate

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(Please) Stand By Me

How a movie with zero girls in it became our tweenage favorite. For Slate

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Against Magic Eraser. For Slate

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Like a kindergartener at Christmas. For Slate

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And now I am, too. For Slate

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On the friends’ parents and parents’ friends who helped raise me. For Slate

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A remembrance. For Slate

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A personal essay about my first real magazine job. For Slate