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Tuesday, July 31 2007

The Boy Who Lives On: Harry Potter's Place in Popular Culture

Harry Potter flew so high in popular cultural consciousness not by some force of magic, but by the simple, sometimes thrilling machinations of pop culture.


Friday, July 20 2007

Classic Harry

With six novels down, at least one to come, J.K. Rowling has elevated herself to among the masters of children's literature.


Friday, July 20 2007

Harry Potter and the judgment of posterity

Now that the conclusion of the seven-book Harry Potter saga is finally upon us, it is not too early to begin placing J.K. Rowling's creation into literary perspective. The Lords of High Culture, not surprisingly, have examined Harry and found him wanting.


Friday, July 20 2007

Harry Potter and the last hurrah

When it comes to perceptiveness, I cannot claim the talent of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. But here are a few thoughts on what readers might -- or might not, or should, or should not -- encounter in Harry's last hurrah.


Friday, July 20 2007

Can Harry Potter conjure a generation of writers? Or, at least, readers?

Six years from now, experts believe, some of those youngsters will be writing fantasy and science fiction novels themselves. And if America is really lucky, the Potter generation might be more literate than the one that preceded it.


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Wednesday, July 25 2007

Rowling triumphs with final 'Harry Potter' installment

After all this time it turns out that we have underestimated J.K. Rowling. Not even her most ardent partisans could have anticipated the triumph that…


Tuesday, July 24 2007

Harry Potter and the alchemy theory

I haven't finished "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" yet, but it's not for lack of trying. I lined up to get my midnight copy…


Sunday, July 22 2007

'Potter' still magic in finale

LONDON -- Rain was flung about in what seemed to be great sloshing bucketfuls, liquefying sidewalks, turning intersections into soppy messes, making basements into lagoons.…


Sunday, July 22 2007

Preserving the secrecy of the Harry Potter plot

ST. LOUIS - There should be a secret handshake. Something to let other readers know whether it's safe to discuss the finer plot points of…


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