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June 15, 2009

Drawn to Read

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

By ROBERT BOSWELL

Reivewed by Ward Sutton

Ward Sutton's cartoon review finds the groove in Robert Boswell's The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards.

June 15, 2009

Rock & Roll &

Character References

By ROBERT CHRISTGAU

Unearthing the buried pleasures of Serengeti's satirical creations. Read more...

June 01, 2009

Reading Romance

When Love Crosses the Tracks

By ELOISA JAMES

The barriers between rich and poor can put a chill on romance -- or urge it to leap overtop.

May 25, 2009

Reader's Diary

What Went Right?

By BROOKE ALLEN

The author's road to Damascus yields some unexpected delights.

May 18, 2009

The Thinking Read

Philosophical Page-Turners

Essay by A. C. GRAYLING

Author Charlotte Greig writes in response to A.C. Grayling's column. Read more...

May 11, 2009

Drawn to Read

Ward Sutton on Rapt

By WINIFRED GALLAGHER

Reviewed by Ward Sutton

Ward Sutton's cartoon review of Winifred Gallagher's new study.

May 11, 2009

Rock & Roll &

Positive Harangues

By ROBERT CHRISTGAU

Craig Finn's bar-band-made-big holds steady to its singalong roots. Read more...

May 04, 2009

Reading Romance

Wild Kingdom!

By ELOISA JAMES

Modern metamorphoses transform the script of Beauty and the Beast.

April 27, 2009

Reader's Diary

Monuments in Words

By BROOKE ALLEN

Revisiting the diverse legacies of John Updike, John Mortimer, and Horton Foote.

April 27, 2009

The Speculator

Dreams and Nightmares: New Comics

Essay by PAUL DI FILIPPO

Four new works of graphic narrative plumb the unconscious to unearth beauty and terror.

April 20, 2009

The Thinking Read

Modernity 1.0: Keith Thomas's The Ends of Life

Essay by A. C. GRAYLING

A new study of 17th-century English values reveals the roots of the modern world. Read more...

April 13, 2009

Drawn to Read

The Sound of Freedom

By RAYMOND ARSENAULT

Reviewed by Ward Sutton

Ward Sutton's cartoon review looks at Marian Anderson's historic Lincoln Memorial concert.

April 13, 2009

Rock & Roll &

Charity Cases

By ROBERT CHRISTGAU

Reviewed by Robert Christgau

Two collections offer new perspectives on the fine art of the cover tune.

April 06, 2009

Reading Romance

Cinderella Stories

By ELOISA JAMES

The allure of the classic rags-to-romance tale has proven a lot more durable than a glass slipper.

March 30, 2009

Reader's Diary

Empires on the Page

By BROOKE ALLEN

From Jerusalem to India to the realm of opera queens.

Daybook

May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

Previously in Daybook

In the Margin

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin.

Earlier Posts

The Long List

Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now

The Innocence Game

Three Chicago journalism students attend an “innocence” seminar that will teach them how to release the wrongfully accused from prison. But as innocents are jailed, a killer roams free, and the students are next on the hit list.

Little Green

Walter Mosley's suave detective Easy Rawlins is back among the living after a literal cliffhanger of a car crash, in pursuit of a LSD-addled boxer roaming Los Angeles, 1967.

The Peripatetic Coffin

A Russian ship trapped in ice, the first Confederate submarine, and the world's worst summer camp are just three of the settings for Ethan Rutherford's tales of expeditions gone awry. A Discover Great New Writers selection.