All Essays

• How to Win at Hopscotch: The 50th Anniversary of Julio Cortázar’s Novel

  The 50th Anniversary of Julio Cortázar's 'Hopscotch'

  Jun 28, 2013
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  Listening to Vampire Weekend in Istanbul

  From picaresque to modernist — a shift in the band's songwriting

  Kaya GençJun 28, 2013
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  Franco Moretti’s “Distant Reading”: A Symposium

  Alexander R. Galloway, James F. EnglishJun 27, 2013
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  The Unbearable Weightiness of Being Tony Soprano

  In Memory of James Gandolfini (1961–2013)

  Lev MendesJun 27, 2013
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  A Literary Gathering in the South Hebron Hills

  Ben EhrenreichJun 27, 2013
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  Updating "What Maisie Knew"

  On the film adaptation of Henry James's late-Victorian novel

  Ruth Bernard YeazellJun 27, 2013
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  1972: Five Days in September

  Hitchhiking Manson girls, Hollywood deals, homicidal girlfriends — one man’s 1972.

  John KayeJun 27, 2013
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  Crises of Creativity: Fellini’s "8 1/2"

  Revisiting Fellini's '8 1/2' on its 50th anniversary

  Jon WienerJun 25, 2013
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  Poets at the Movies (Part 2): Where’s the Football?

  On growing up at a drive-in in east Texas

  Tom SleighJun 25, 2013
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  In Memory of Kim Thompson (1956-2013)

  Remembering the comic book editor and co-publisher of Fantagraphics Books

  Ben SchwartzJun 25, 2013

• Why Hong Kong?

  Snowden ran there; Wasserstrom combs through his own 25-year relationship.

  Jeffrey WasserstromJun 24, 2013

• Deconstructing a “Dynasty”: Phil Robertson’s “Happy, Happy, Happy” Legacy

  The Duck Commander's family values

  Jun 24, 2013
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  My Bolaño Archive

  Lisa Locascio NighthawkJun 23, 2013

• Body or Soul: On Versions of "The Little Mermaid"

  Jun 23, 2013
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  On Masters and Men: Meditating on LA’s Gurus

  Chris WallaceJun 23, 2013

• Answers on a Postcard: Here in the Place I Happen Not to Be

  To the Arctic in search of poetry

  Jun 21, 2013