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Horse/Power
The Hopper

Can We Know Another Person's Pain?
The New York Times

Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Longreads

Travel: Over-rated?
Time

Love and Poetry
The Paris Review

Ever Ask A Date How You Did?
Elle

Anna Karenina, Please Don't
The New York Times

Hunger Striking (excerpt)
The New York Times

Stranger in the Night
The New York Times

Kissing the Cab Driver
Mr. Beller's Neighborhood



cultural reflections



Another New Catcher in the Rye?
The Atlantic

A "Slow Books" Manifesto
The Atlantic

"Meritocracy" — And Anxiety
The Atlantic

Cool Hand vs. Dog Day: Anti-Heroes
The Atlantic

It's Not the Whips and Chains But ...
The Atlantic

Why No Senior Sex in Hollywood?
The Atlantic

What Does a Radical Look Like?
The Atlantic

Lessons from Arranged Marriages
The Atlantic

Why Storytellers (i.e. All of Us) Lie
The Atlantic

The Case for Anti-Depressants
The Atlantic

selected opinions



Why Girls Is Bad for Women
The New York Daily News

No More Denying Climate Change
The New York Daily News

A Yellow Flag for NFL Pink
The New York Daily News

Why Women Have No Opinions
The Guardian

Maura's Comment is Free page
The Guardian

Love Lessons From the Classics
The Daily Beast

selected features



How We Meet Our Spouses
The Wall Street Journal

How Book Clubs Went Indie
The Daily Beast

Can Porn Be Feminist?
The Daily Beast

Discrimination Against the Unmarried
The Daily Beast

What Do People Do All Day?
The Daily Beast

Secrets of a Literary Seducer
The Daily Beast

Letter From 12 War Zones
More

From Prostitute to Savior
Parade

A Yankees Catcher's Greatest Save
Parade

Music Helped This Singer Survive
Parade

selected interviews



How Red Changes Our Brains
Medium

The authors of Big Data
Medium

Heart's Nancy Wilson
The Believer

Devo man Mark Mothersbaugh
The Believer

short stuff



Maura's Slate page
Slate

Love to Read? Read to Love!
The Guardian

Contradictions: Ralph Waldo vs. Trump
Partially Examined Life

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