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Wednesday, October 15 2008
By Barry Lenser
How could a critic of empire, a loyal friend to the Palestinians, and the bane of Henry Kissinger ally himself with the Bush administration and its push for imperial adventures in the Middle East?
By Kieran Curran
Reed's viewpoint is that of the seditionist, but as is the nature of such things, such fixation can narrow one's perspective.
Tuesday, October 14 2008
By Vince Carducci
A fashion reporter peels back the veneer of today's luxury brands and uncovers the unseemly impulses that have opened exclusivity up to the masses, mostly for the worse.
By Kieran Curran
Taxi Driver is pioneering especially in relation to its unflinchingly contradictory anti-hero Travis Bickle, the character Schrader conceived who can perform noble deeds as well as insane violence.
Monday, October 13 2008
By Diane Leach
Toss in mysterious fires and a train crash, and the Atkinsonian plot machine—a wonderful thing--is off and running.
By R.J. Grubb
This interesting collection of essays discusses how we love, hate, and mate in the 21st century.
Friday, October 10 2008
By Mary Ann Gwinn
Note to parents, present and future: Some regrets are better kept to yourself.
Thursday, October 9 2008
By John Mark Eberhart
What follows is a tale so compelling that I ate it up in a single sitting.
Wednesday, October 8 2008
By Erika Nanes
Hey, did you hear what happened when the yogi, the atheist, the Rasta, and the Jesus freak walked into a bar?
By Phoebe Flowers
A vapid, starry-eyed novelization of the life and marriage of first lady Laura Bush.
Tuesday, October 7 2008
By Carolyn W. Fanelli
As Ahmed slowly develops friendships with Saudi women, she learns there is more going on behind their abbayahs than meets the eye.
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Wednesday, October 1 2008
By Nikki Tranter
The question at the heart of Camilla Noli's debut novel, Still Waters, is this: Is every woman suited to motherhood? The book is a sharp, distressing look at the answer. PopMatters spoke to Noli about the book, the controversy, motherhood, and the writer's dream realized.
Monday, September 22 2008
By Evan Sawdey
Cultural critic Chuck Klosterman talks with PopMatters about his new book, Downtown Owl, his regrets about an old one, and that he might next get into making documentary films.
By PopMatters Staff
"It's A Wonderful Life", aint' it? Author and musician Laurie Lindeen (Zuzu's Petals), like George Bailey, would know, as she shares some insights with PopMatters 20 Questions.
Thursday, September 25 2008
By Mark Reynolds
Bert Williams in blackface started a conversation about representing blackness within a mainstream context that has continued through virtually every crossover moment in black American life.
(more Negritude 2.0)
Monday, August 25 2008
By Jennifer Makowsky
The kids who grew up in the '90s had the haunted Kurt Cobain; my generation had the tormented Ian Curtis.
(more The Box Office Belletrist)
Tuesday, July 29 2008
By Jennifer Makowsky
The time is ripe for revisiting One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, as we're all aware that individual freedoms are still being suppressed by governments around the world.
(more The Box Office Belletrist)
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