I held my father's copy of Mein Kampf in my hand wondering if it should be kept, donated, or set on fire in the backyard.
April 19th, 2012
It wasn't Chaplin they cheered, of course; it was the Tramp.
April 18th, 2012
On the murder of the poet and translator Guillermo Fernández Garcia.
April 18th, 2012
Swimming pools, movie stars.
April 18th, 2012
Six writers talk about truthiness in nonfiction.
April 15th, 2012
Mark Haskell Smith on the flawlessness of David Mitchell.
April 15th, 2012
On two new books about the culture of marijuana.
April 2nd, 2012
Books by Wallace Stroby, Alison Gaylin, Joe R. Lansdale, Hilary Davidson, Chris F. Holm, and Robert Silverberg.
March 31st, 2012
"Why?" is a question that hounds anyone trying to make sense of the violence against women in Guatemala.
March 29th, 2012
It is not necessarily a value judgment, then, to say that narrative is, very simply, what Mad Men is about.
March 25th, 2012
The blurring of lines between the digital realm and reality, especially in a time of war, has very real psychological effects.
March 22nd, 2012
The moment came when the essay began to confuse itself with the article…
March 18th, 2012
if you self-publish, you’re branded a sinner of sorts.
March 17th, 2012
Let’s say it’s 1978 and you are Dan J. Marlowe, once one of the hottest suspense novelists of your day
March 10th, 2012
"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
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"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More
"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More
