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green apples & destiny

green apples & destiny

How Nora Ephron’s 1993 romantic comedy suggests that destiny is as much about choices as it is about coincidences

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Mar 03, 2023
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Surprise! I’m posting my first essay a few days early. And there’s more to come, this Sunday.

Today’s close reading: A scene from the 1993 Nora Ephron film, Sleepless in Seattle, starring Meg Ryan and…

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