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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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December 23, 2024The Three Kings Arrive, but One of Them Brings a Shaq-a-Roni Pizza Instead of Myrrh
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October 30, 2024The Final Presidential Debate If Both Harris and Trump Were Huge Birders
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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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February 10, 2025Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
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February 21, 2025Don’t Tread on Me—Unless You’re a Billionaire with a Ketamine Addiction, in Which Case I Enthusiastically Support It
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February 13, 2025Finally, My Tax Dollars Are Being Used to Uncover Publicly Available Government Information
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February 19, 2025Relax, Everyone—Clarence Thomas Has Got Us
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