5 Jan 2017 // 3:00 AM
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Steven Galloway's sexual harassment case, and the literary establishment's response to it, reveals a lot about how much work still needs to be done in combating misogyny.
READ moreUnder a Trump Administration, is it better to be a rebel with a cause, or a reformer with a platform? "Red" Ellen Wilkenson's biography gives us some insight into these difficulties.
READ more15 Dec 2016 // 2:30 AM
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How I worry when I drink, and why Distilled Knowledge is diffuse knowledge.
READ more14 Dec 2016 // 1:59 AM
Terkel biographer Alen Wieder reminds us that if he were alive today, Studs would actually listen to the voices of the Trump voters -- all of them.
READ more13 Dec 2016 // 2:00 AM
The sixth novel in John Burdett's Bangkok detective series is a dispiriting, dismaying mess. Is there still hope for recovery or is the series in a death spiral?
READ more12 Dec 2016 // 2:30 AM
Novelist Laird Koenig managed to capture the world of children with an exactitude that is rare nowadays. His children are often sagacious -- and sometimes they're sociopaths.
READ moreHow About Some Noah Baumbach, Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Altman & Akira Kurosawa for the Holidays?
9 Dec 2016 // 2:00 AM
If you ever wonder why certain elements get tossed into a movie, remember: beauty never needs to be justified. These and other thoughts on recent Blu-ray releases.
READ moreShakespeare's As You Like It employed every signature reality show convention three and a half centuries before television even existed.
READ more5 Dec 2016 // 2:00 AM
George Harrison knew that in the time and space that get between us and our food, there's a sense of longing.
READ more2 Dec 2016 // 2:30 AM
Exploring the darker core of a Christmas classic reveals just what is so wonderful about life.
READ moreSadler Vaden Became Their Muse (Podcast)
// Sound Affects
"Sadler Vaden inspires songwriters to reach their full potential, but he hopes they never get there.
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