The Haunting of “Homeland”
On Showtime's "Homeland," an American ghost story
October 9th, 2012
“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
Hate the Beatles!
Their first single was released 50 years ago this month. Mark Edmundson was not a fan.
October 8th, 2012
Whither Feminism?: Gender and The New Normal
On 'The End of Men,' 'Vagina,' and 'Gaga Feminism'
October 7th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 3
Moby-Nick, or The Whale Belt
October 5th, 2012
Look No More Backward: George Eliot and Atheism
On 'the first great godless writer of fiction.'
October 5th, 2012
A Tribute to Eric Hobsbawm: 1917 - 2012
Jon Wiener reflects on the passing of a Marxist scholar and historian.
October 4th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 2
Romney-Dad: Conservatives in Comedy
October 4th, 2012
Skylight Series, Ep. 3: Emma Straub
October 3rd, 2012
Jay McInerney, the New York Fantasy, and Wine
A reckoning with the author of 'Bright Lights, Big City'
October 3rd, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 1
When Worlds Collide
October 3rd, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 1, Post 3
Party Girl vs. Rom-Com Girl
October 1st, 2012
Hart Crane in Cleveland
On the legendary American modernist poet.
September 29th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 1, Post 2
A Serial Takeover
September 28th, 2012
Exile in Girlville: Sex and Sheila Heti
On 'How Should a Person Be?' and the explicit attention to female desire in recent novels, films, and shows
September 27th, 2012
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