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Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times reporter w/aggressive muse. Latest book: How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence. mattr At nytimes Dot com
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Last Night of The Adolescent

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By Matthew Richtel 
| Medium
The Mind of An Addict. The Soul of a Generation. What he discovers over one night brings us all closer to the truth. ONE When the sirens erupt, I am picturing bumping into Felix at an AA meeting. That was a year ago. He was standing at the coffee machine, filling up a tumbler. He looked up and caught my eye. I thought for a moment of trying to play it off like I was coming to see him, which of course no way. The stupid ass knew why I was there. Coffee spilled on his hand.
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If You Loved The Show 1923

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By Matthew Richtel 
| Medium
If you loved the show 1923, here are some other shows you might love: 1916: This is an explosive look at the year between 1915 and 1917. Terrence Brooks plays a haunting barkeep in a pre-pre-post-pre prohibition undercurrent that threatens to drown the cast in the mournful sorrows of their time. Spoiler alert: A world war is brewing in the background. 1911: As a professional critic, I need to be aware of my own biases.
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Ogled By Tortoises. In The Galápagos Highlands, Nature Watched Back.

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By Matthew Richtel 
| Medium
WHEN the morning rooster crowed, a three quarter moon still shone overhead. I started the kettle for a french press and watched a six-pack of herons peck across the grass while the water boiled. I moved slowly but still much faster than the tortoise that had become our sleeping companion. It remained tucked beneath the window of our ground-floor bedroom, its elephant-like feet splayed behind it with the innocence of a slumbering toddler.
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