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    Amina Akhtar and Erin Mayer Talk Fashion and Murder

    Amina Akhtar and Erin Mayer Talk Fashion and Murder

    The author of Fan Club and the author of Kismet (out 8/1) interviewed each other to talk about their experiences, and why, exactly, fashion inspires so much rage.

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    A List of Nautical Mysteries

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    Some Things in Anthony Bourdain's Trip to Taipei Made No Sense

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    August, 1896: A Heat Wave Spawns a Crime Wave in Gilded Age New York

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    "I try to see the tension within every relationship or situation."

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