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My Therapist Died
I WAS 25 YEARS OLD, SITTING CROSS-LEGGED ON A COUCH, UNABLE TO STOP my foot from wagging. My new therapist sat ten feet across from me, his middle-aged girth swallowed up in a high-backed leather chair, masculine: thick wrists, the wide beige band of
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BACK IN COLLEGE, JOEL KIM BOOSTER WROTE A one-act play called Layover, about a guy passing through Chicago who gets snowed in after his ex-girlfriend has died by suicide. The guy bunks for a while with the ex’s estranged sister, who is desperate to f
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Style Counsel
Paul Weller. If you don’t know the name, shame on you. He was lead guitarist and singer for the Jam, a seminal British punk/new-wave band known for hits like “Town Called Malice” and “That’s Entertainment.” They were also known for their mod look—dar

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