Doing exercises in a book was très terrible. A friend suggested something more radical. By Rachel Kushner There’s a scene I love in the movie “Husbands,” when John Cassavetes, performing in his own ...

Inside a small school up on stilts, two girls sit at a table covered with flash cards. When asked, the second-graders introduce themselves in French. “Je m’appelle Juliet,” says the one with baby ...

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