A report from the time Jesse Ball and Isaac Fitzgerald played a very literary game of backgammon.

Scaachi Koul explored plastic surgery and erasure at BuzzFeed.

New writings on culture from Sarah Rose Etter at The Fanzine.

Jim Ruland wrote about the celebrations in Lisbon after Portugal won the Euro Cup.

At The Millions: a new essay from Lucie Britsch.

Exploring the world of novels featuring fictional comic books.

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