Ester Bloom
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New York, NY, United States
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Outlander Season Finale Recap: Back to the Future
In 1745, it's time for the long-awaited Battle of Culloden. In 1968, it's time to meet Brianna and Roger. → Read More
Outlander Recap: Brotherhood
Can Claire and Jamie do anything to avert the looming disaster? Not bloody likely. → Read More
The Unconscionable Difficulty of Getting Health Insurance for a Newborn
My own plan only covered my child as an extension of me for the first two days. After that, he was on his own. → Read More
Outlander Recap: Sweet Revenge
Claire proves her mettle as a warrior queen. → Read More
Outlander Recap: The Flavor of Victory
It's been said that every war movie is a pro-war movie, whether it means to be or not. There's something about the very nature of action sequences that makes an audience feel invested and excited, and that inevitably glamorizes whatever a director might intend to critique. Even supposedly antiwar films can't help but demonstrate a certain camaraderie and bravery among soldiers risking their… → Read More
Outlander Recap: Ready or Not
Like Hamlet says, the readiness is all. And Jamie knows it. → Read More
Outlander Recap: The Old Fox
Fear of La Dame Blanche extends to both sides of the English Channel. → Read More
Outlander Recap: Keeping Faith
In light of another tragic loss, Claire must free Jamie from the Bastille. → Read More
Outlander Recap: The Duel
Everything is legal in the Bois de Boulogne. → Read More
Outlander Recap: The Meddler
Can Claire convince Jamie to spare the life of his nemesis? → Read More
Outlander Recap: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Sorry, Claire: No dinner party is complete without a fistfight. → Read More
Outlander Recap: French Letters
The cardinal risk of mixing sex with time travel: What if your current lover erases your future lover from existence? → Read More
Outlander Recap: The Queen of Versailles
Claire and Jamie play the long game against France's overdressed, oversexed aristocrats. → Read More
Outlander Season Premiere Recap: The Time Traveler’s Husband(s)
Everyone's favorite bigamist is back! And she's having a very bad day. → Read More
What Was Left Out of Making a Murderer Episodes 8–10
In one session, Dassey supplies a possible motive for Avery. → Read More
The Revival of America's Hand-Painted-Sign Industry
Small businesses are increasingly relying on visual artists to convey that their products aren’t mainstream or mass-produced. → Read More
What Was Left Out of Making a Murderer Episodes 5–7
What about those other possible suspects? → Read More
Elizabeth Strout’s Fierce, Unforgettable My Name Is Lucy Barton — Barnes & Noble Reads
There isn't one story in Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout's concise, powerful new novel My Name Is Lucy Barton. Instead there are multitudes: stories → Read More
How Doctors Are Experimenting With Cutting Health-Care Costs
Small innovations are adding up to signal that providers and insurers are interested in reducing health-care costs. → Read More
What Was Left Out of Making a Murderer Episodes 2-4
Yes, it was legal for investigators to question Brendan Dassey without a lawyer present. → Read More