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Jay Dixit’s legacy list of favorite articles.
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The last in-depth interview he gave, nine days before his death, recorded over the telephone on Friday, June 13, 2008.
2008 2 The New York Times · October 2004 · Article Take My Life, PleaseIt’s comedy night at the Parkside Lounge, a dark dive on the Lower East Side, but nobody is laughing.
2004 3 The New York Times · March 2005 · Article Joey Gay’s Excellent AdventureWhen Joey Gay heard that Pips Comedy Club in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, was for sale, he discovered his life’s purpose.
2005 4 Rolling Stone · March 2001 · Article The Highly-Charged Erotic Life of the Wellesley GirlBehind the green ivy doors of America’s most elite women’s college.
2001 5 San Francisco Chronicle · June 2006 · Interview Will Shortz, Crossword Puzzle KingWill Shortz is one of those people who seem to hurtle inexorably toward their destinies from the day they are born.
2006 6 Psychology Today · January 2007 · Article The Ideological AnimalCinnamon Stillwell never thought she’d be the founder of a political organization. She certainly never expected to start a group for conservatives, most of whom became conservatives on the same day—September 11, 2001. She organized the group, the 911 Neocons, as a haven for people like her—“former lefties” who did…
2007 7 Psychology Today · November 2008 · Article The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the MomentWe live in the age of distraction. Yet one of life’s sharpest paradoxes is that your brightest future hinges on your ability to pay attention to the present.
2008 8 Psychology Today · September 2008 · Interview The Psychology Today Humor Round TableWhat happens when you hold a mirror up to seven comedians? Analyzing humor from the experts who make people laugh.
2008 9 Psychology Today · January 2008 · Article Mind Your Body: Doctors’ Orders—Without DistressHow to stick to diet, exercise, or worse. Modern medicine can work wonders, but only when we actually use it.
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