The stand-up comedian said he thought “the lines between truth and fiction were allowed to be a bit more blurry” in his personal storytelling.
Tag: New Yorker
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Inside Roz Chast’s Connecticut Home
The New Yorker cartoonist has trouble making decisions about décor. Anyone who has seen the art collection in her home may not notice.
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Lying in Comedy Isn’t Always Wrong, but Hasan Minhaj Crossed a Line
The stand-up’s penchant for making up stories goes beyond embellishment. When real people and real stakes are involved, a different standard applies.
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An ‘Oppenheimer’ Reading List
Seeing the new Christopher Nolan film about the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the project to build the first atomic bomb? Our columnist has some recommendations for reading.
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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Can Still Unsettle Readers. We Need More Fiction Like That.
“The Lottery” is a classic short story because of its power to unsettle us. Too bad readers today are losing their appetite for discomfort.