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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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    Chicago Pope’s First Changes
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    The Three Kings Arrive, but One of Them Brings a Shaq-a-Roni Pizza Instead of Myrrh
    by Stephen Ruddy
  • October 30, 2024
    The Final Presidential Debate If Both Harris and Trump Were Huge Birders
    by Stephen Ruddy
  • July 19, 2024
    Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” Where the Hills Really Are White Elephants
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  • June 11, 2024
    A Recap of the First Season of House of the Dragon in One Scene
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  • December 20, 2023
    If Sam Wainwright Says “Hee-Haw” One More Time, I’m Going to Fucking Snap
    by Stephen Ruddy
  • October 2, 2023
    If Burger King’s Jingle “Whopper Whopper” Were the Only Literary Form
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  • December 23, 2022
    An Uber Eats Christmas Carol
    by Stephen Ruddy
  • November 28, 2022
    Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young MC
    by Stephen Ruddy
  • September 30, 2022
    Cosette Receives a Letter from Her HOA Regarding Her Castle on a Cloud
    by Stephen Ruddy
  • January 19, 2022
    Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof, Now a Rich Man, Receives a Letter from His HOA
    by Stephen Ruddy
  • November 23, 2021
    Plymouth Colony, 1621: The First Turkey Trot
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