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Articles by
Stephen Ruddy
Stephen is a writer in New York. He created Gravid Water, Stolen House, and is the co-creator of The Rubber Room podcast. He works for The Moth and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
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July 19, 2024Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” Where the Hills Really Are White Elephants
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June 11, 2024A Recap of the First Season of House of the Dragon in One Scene
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December 20, 2023If Sam Wainwright Says “Hee-Haw” One More Time, I’m Going to Fucking Snap
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October 2, 2023If Burger King’s Jingle “Whopper Whopper” Were the Only Literary Form
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December 23, 2022An Uber Eats Christmas Carol
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November 28, 2022Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young MC
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September 30, 2022Cosette Receives a Letter from Her HOA Regarding Her Castle on a Cloud
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January 19, 2022Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof, Now a Rich Man, Receives a Letter from His HOA
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November 23, 2021Plymouth Colony, 1621: The First Turkey Trot
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September 3, 2021Robinson Crusoe on FBoy Island
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June 18, 2021Cordelia from King Lear’s Father’s Day Twitter Thread
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April 23, 2021Shakespeare Finds Out About the “Shakespeare Authorship Question” from Walter Mondale
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July 15, 2024I Can’t Believe Such a Hateful, Violent Act Could Happen in the Hateful, Violent Era I’ve Created
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July 12, 2024Schedule of Speakers for the 2024 Republican National Convention
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May 10, 2024What Your Favorite ’90s Band Says About the Kind of Bored Suburban Mom You Are Today
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July 26, 2024Skills You Need as President of the United States or Skills You Need as a Stepmom?
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