“Python’s Kiss” collects a baker’s dozen stories, nine of which previously have been published in the New Yorker and elsewhere (each is illustrated with a drawing by the author’s daughter, Aza Erdrich ...

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In my Boston Globe review of Louise Erdrich’s 2016 novel “LaRose,” I described her as “an artist of the liminal.” “Python’s Kiss,” Erdrich’s new collection of stories written over 20 years, testifies ...

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Whistleblowers have given an inside view of the algorithm arms race which followed TikTok's explosive growth Social media giants made decisions which allowed more harmful content on people's feeds, ...

Yet another Florida man just had a Herman Melville-esque encounter with a monstrous Burmese python. In a story originally published by Outdoor Life, python hunter Carl Jackson recalled being dragged ...

We picture it as a noisy, brutal world in which harshness is the rule. Every creature is struggling to survive, fighting for food, space, and whatever else it can scrounge up. The idea is so well ...