The Nature of Cinderella
There is no one authoritative tale of Cinderella, only a hall of mirrors...
July 9th, 2012“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
Old Media: On Aaron Sorkin
The writer is king on television, in part because Aaron Sorkin staged a coup.
July 8th, 2012
China Future
July 8th, 2012
LARBlog: Castellucci’s Class Notes
Free Period
July 7th, 2012
My Stephen King Problem: A Snob’s Notes
On the beguiling appeal of Mr. King
July 3rd, 2012
What’s Wrong With a Happy Childhood?
A mother's attempts to protect her son from her own past
July 2nd, 2012
The Memory Hole Riot and Rodney King
Rest in Peace, Rodney.
July 2nd, 2012
Salvage Operations
Reprint publications are crucial to maintaining an institutional memory for these popular genres.
July 1st, 2012
Discoveries: Franzen, Beachy-Quick, & Baldwin
On 'Farther Away,' 'Wonderful Investigations,' and 'Paris, I love you...'
June 30th, 2012
Supreme Hubris: Theories of Judicial Activism
The inevitability of politics.
June 29th, 2012
Five Thrillers for the Summer
All thriller, no filler
June 27th, 2012
Faces of Florence
On the lost humanism of Renaissance portraiture
June 26th, 2012
YAC Hit List: The Fairy List
The best faeries ever.
June 25th, 2012
Letter from Australia
What American publication means to Australian writers
June 25th, 2012
Smothered: Part 3
On 'love, drugs, madness, betrayal, self-deception, and youthful ambition.'
June 24th, 2012
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Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
Literary Fiction
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Film
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
Art & Architecture
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
Comics
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Biography & Autobiography
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