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Waking Up And Feeling ‘Yuck’

Humorist Shalom Auslander has written for decades about growing up in a dysfunctional household within an ultra-orthodox Jewish community. Feh, title of his latest memoir, comes from the Yiddish word for “yuck.” He talks about self-hatred, changing the narrative and his friendship with late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Also, Justin Chang reviews the new horror movie Longlegs.

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