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My Babysitter, the Serial Killer

Liza Rodman remembers the first time she met Tony Costa, handyman, childhood companion, and murderer.

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A Requiem for the Horses in the Coen Brothers' True Grit

In this dark, weighty film, humans and animals alike
are beasts of burden

March 3, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano

Hard Science Fiction Is Still Overwhelmingly White—But It's Getting Better

When we think hard scifi, we think of white male authors. But the truth of the genre is far more diverse.

March 3, 2021  By S.B. Divya

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