Book Review: ‘The Lemon,’ by S.E. Boyd

THE LEMON, by S.E. Boyd Many fiction writers lament the solitary nature of their work, but perhaps it doesn’t have to be that way. “The Lemon” marks the arrival of S.E. Boyd, a pseudonym cooked up by its three authors, the journalists Kevin Alexander and Joe Keohane, and the editor Alessandra Lusardi. Drawing on Alexander’s…

The TikTok Emu Was Just Stressed

It appears TikTok’s favorite emu, Emmanuel Todd Lopez, is going to be OK after his farm’s recent brush with avian influenza that killed many of his fellow feathered mates. His owner’s reputation, however, might not be doing so well after Twitter users posted screenshots of old tweets they said were from her account. Let’s walk…

Butternut Squash Everything

Winter squash, I love you. I love you in soups, stews and grain bowls, roasted with bacon for pasta, nearly melted into risotto and baked into bubbling lasagna. I love you for sweater weather and in the depths of winter, when it gets dark in New York at 5 p.m., and a good dinner really…