An unsettling portrait of four privileged classmates who met untimely deaths

William D. Cohan explores the lives and early deaths of fellow Phillips Academy students. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-25 12:30:53 UTC ]

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An unsettling portrait of four privileged classmates who met untimely deaths

William D. Cohan explores the lives and early deaths of fellow Phillips Academy students. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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A chilling portrait of a smug, privileged neighborhood where things turn violent

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Duck, Death & the Tulip is beautiful and unsettling

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Laurence King Partners with Met Museum on Games, Gifts

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Clive Myrie: ‘The closest I’ve come to death? Coming under attack while reporting in Iraq’

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Met police to pay ‘five-figure sum’ to French publisher arrested under anti-terror laws

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Panel Mania: ‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ by Dave Maass and Patrick Lay

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Katherine Min was ahead of her time. Four years after her death, her second novel proves it

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Preserving our digital content is vital. But paying $38,000 for the privilege is not | John Naughton

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The death of Jezebel is the end of an era of feminism. We’re worse off without it

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A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

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Hilary Mantel was working on ‘mashup’ of Jane Austen novels before her death

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Procrastinating Ourselves to Death

Jenny Odell’s latest book asks an urgent question: What happens when our emergencies become banal? Continue reading at The Atlantic

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Abcarian: Privileged, tormented, and finally, liberated: Prince Harry unshackles himself from the royal family

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A romance novelist came back to life. Angry fans say she faked her death

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