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What's the best way to explore a city?

As a travel writer and a New Yorker, I'm supposed to say "on foot." I'm starting to think that's wrong.

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Dry chicken breasts are a myth

Trigger warning: I am about to use the word "spatchcock."

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50 years ago, my fate was sealed

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This Japanese movie from 2001 virtually vanished after its release, but now, finally, it's connecting with a brand-new audience.

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Please don't call this a blog

Please don't call this a blog

What am I even trying to do here?

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Matt Gross
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Is reality a rhetorical question?

Is reality a rhetorical question?

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I went to a concert

I went to a concert

This musician not only changed my life—she defined it.

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Matt Gross

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WritingWriting
+1+1
Please don't call this a blog

Please don't call this a blog

What am I even trying to do here?

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
WritingWriting
+1+1
Is reality a rhetorical question?

Is reality a rhetorical question?

It takes a leap of faith to connect language and experience—and sometimes we land in the abyss.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
Pop CulturePop Culture
+1+1
I went to a concert

I went to a concert

This musician not only changed my life—she defined it.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
Star WarsStar Wars
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The emperor has no pose

The emperor has no pose

Fascist autocracies are bad enough, and the worst have no ambition but eternal control.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
Well, I do declare!

Well, I do declare!

I've always fought for my own independence, but is that just a romantic myth?

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
MemoryMemory
50 years ago, my fate was sealed

50 years ago, my fate was sealed

How the end of the Vietnam War set the course of my life.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
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The internet is tits

The internet is tits

Can't believe I'm saying this, but: Don't show me your ( . 人 . )

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Matt Gross
TravelTravel
What's the best way to explore a city?

What's the best way to explore a city?

As a travel writer and a New Yorker, I'm supposed to say "on foot." I'm starting to think that's wrong.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
They want to make you angry

They want to make you angry

I think you know precisely who I mean. Well, here's how to take their power away—and claim it for yourself.

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Matt Gross
I just solved college admissions

I just solved college admissions

It's called: Bring back the draft! (No, not the way you think.)

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
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Do we still need superheroes?

Do we still need superheroes?

Tales of the ultra-powerful may have run their course, leaving us to confront the challenge of surviving a multiverse we cannot transcend.

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Matt Gross
Greed is not good

Greed is not good

Avarice is at the root of today's evils—can we find a way out?

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Matt Gross
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