Hate the Beatles!
Their first single was released 50 years ago this month. Mark Edmundson was not a fan.
October 8th, 2012“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
Unmentionables
The theme of male friendship is virgin territory for Rush, but the basic framework of the protagonist-couple and their idioverse is a Rushian staple.
October 23rd, 2011
What Was African American Literature? A Symposium
Warren leaves us with several productively troubling conclusions.
June 13th, 2011
Letter from Madrid
Disquiet and decay in the Spanish capital
February 18th, 2013
The End of the Beginning
Los Angeles was different. No tear gas here: our elected representatives wanted us to be comfortable.
December 13th, 2011
The Death of the Book
Pity the book. It’s dead again.
April 18th, 2011
Man is Not Cat Food
Are we in danger, then, of a widespread, coordinated, animal revolt?
June 6th, 2011
Welcome to the Occupations
Everywhere but here.
October 15th, 2011
The Tuxedo Theater: On filmmaker Warren Sonbert
October 21st, 2012
Victor Hugo Sings Again: On 'Les Misérables'
'Les Misérables' — of the zeitgeist since 1862
December 25th, 2012
Fairy Tales about the Modern World
"He transcended genre and became a genre of one; often emulated, absolutely inimitable."
June 11th, 2012
The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future
"The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future" is an experiment not in terror and not necessarily Dickensian.
December 23rd, 2011
The Queasy Question: On Rick Alverson's "The Comedy"
In Defense of 'The Most Walked-Out Film at Sundance 2012'
January 18th, 2013
Spring Break Forever, Bitches: 1920s France Meets 2013 Florida
'Spring Breakers,' 'Tender is the Night,' & the American promise of spring break
March 25th, 2013
Is The Atlantic Making Us Stupid?
On the magazine’s frequent, and frequently controversial, articles about gender issues.
September 10th, 2012
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Art & Architecture
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Science & Technology
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Literary Fiction
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Film
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SF
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