Entertainment

Don’t Fear the Reaper

Learning to love the slasher-film renaissance

Memory

False Fire

The Hole Gets Blacker

Camo Dove

Chainge

Fresh Furniture!

Jason X: The Doctors

James Parker provides voiceover commentary for a scene from the Friday the 13th franchise

Designers’ Designers

Three books on three couturiers who rank among the greatest America has produced

Class Dismissed

A new status anxiety is infecting affluent hipdom

Demons and Dictionaries

A new book dissects Dr. Johnson’s pathologies and despair.

Cover to Cover

Dopes on a rope; northern lights; exhuming Fleming; classless etiquette; and more

School of Rock

What does Guitar Hero’s popularity mean for the future of rock and roll?

The Future Is Cheese

Why the networks are surrendering prime time to Jay Leno and the Lord of the Dance

In a Word

Laundry as lingua franca; flow stoppers

Cemetery Moles

Church & State

Singing Birds

A Firm Stance

Local Warming

The Hardest Job in Football

Producing NFL games is an art peculiar to the modern age. Meet Bob Fishman, master of the form

Globaloney

A new report from the country’s top intelligence office predicts a fundamental change in America’s foreign policy—but not the change Barack Obama has promised.

Imperfect Union

A brilliant new book probes the intimate, unequal relationship between Virginia Woolf and the woman who cared for her.

Mercy!

Toni Morrison’s new historical novel is a monotonous series of flashbacks, larded with anachronisms.

Cool Cat

Our new president has a feline’s legendary nimbleness and luck—but there are downsides to being a cat.

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Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

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What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

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NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

Writers

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