Andy Griffith and the Humor of Mourning
April 20th, 2013
On the killing of the 33-year-old amateur photographer
February 23rd, 2013
Four new novels aim to constitute a literature of physicality
December 27th, 2012
'Les Misérables,' Oscar Hammerstein, and the modern musical
December 25th, 2012
The writer is king on television, in part because Aaron Sorkin staged a coup.
July 8th, 2012
"The books are letting her talk about her life in a safe way that offers her a quick out should she need it."
June 1st, 2012
Stop depositing your soul in the Lake of Fire
October 21st, 2011
I would come to the Parker novels with fresh, innocent eyes, like a newborn fawn staring at the world for the first time, or at a pair of headlights.
October 14th, 2011
For all the talk of information overload, we are all of us a little behind on our reading.
June 25th, 2011
Let’s pretend that we know no more of Nancy Mitford than we do of Shakespeare.
April 20th, 2011
"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
