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Paper Wasps

Elegy Beginning With Half a Line From Ben Johnson

Sold

“I knew that all the things we’d gathered there so many years would be scattered and gone. All that had held it together would come apart and be gone as if it never was.”

Peaceable Kingdom

Twin Bill

Hog-Nosed Skunk

The Madness of Cesar Chavez

A new biography of the icon shows that saints should be judged guilty until proved innocent.

My Ramona

Beverly Cleary’s body of work shows why topicality derails great literature.

The Real Mahatma Gandhi

Questioning the moral heroism of India's most revered figure

The Joy of Vex

The godless charm of Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Libyan Rebels: A Sound Track

In Misurata, fighters turn to Pink Floyd in their war against Qaddafi.

Flute

A Memory of the Future

Cover to Cover

The calculating, pseudo-classy Katharine Hepburn; estranged lovers in Rome; and more

Hollywood: A Love Story

Often spot-on, sometimes creepy, David Thomson’s masterwork is the most influential book ever written about the movies—and the most infuriating.

Red Rosa

The writings of the martyred socialist Rosa Luxemburg give a plaintive view of history’s paths not taken.

The Beast Within

The secret formula of Animal Planet: it’s all about us.

Fade to White

A filmmaker maps Austin’s shifting ethnic landscape.

The Cross Word

A story and puzzle in 76 clues

Yearling

Passed On

Herman Wouk Is Still Alive

New fiction from Stephen King

How Heavy Metal Is Keeping Us Sane

Dark and disturbing, the music is honest about human nature.

The Great Los Angeles Novel

HBO’s Mildred Pierce is based on James M. Cain’s book that has to go down as one of the great failures of American fiction.

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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

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