Weekend Bites: Funny Essayists, Soccer in Queens, Ayn Rand Longreads, Zadie Smith Excerpt and More

Anita Loos died on this day in 1981.

Writer Porochista Khakpour needs help battling late stage Lyme Disease and is asking for donations.

An excerpt from Zadie Smith’s NW.

Fiction to get out the vote?

The Atlantic lists ten of the funniest essayists of our time.

Mother Jones supplies you with all the Ayn Rand Longreads you need.

The New York Red Bulls in Queens?

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