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‘The Best American Sports Writing 2017’: The Power of the Pen in a Year of Unquiet Americans
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‘The Best American Sports Writing 2017’: The Power of the Pen in a Year of Unquiet Americans

By Randal Doane / 20 December 2017

"We sometimes project our problems onto sports," Louisa Thomas notes. "But sports can also be ... where we start to work them out."

Is Humankind the New Planet and Species-Destroying Asteroid?
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Is Humankind the New Planet and Species-Destroying Asteroid?

By Chris Barsanti / 21 March 2014
After fighting so long as a Cassandra of the coming ecological catastrophe, Elizabeth Kolbert's latest, The Sixth Extinction, embraces the long view of disaster.
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‘The Story of America’: The United States of Amnesia

By Chris Barsanti / 5 November 2012
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A Good Talk: The Story and Skill of Conversation by Daniel Menaker

By Mark W. Adams / 13 April 2010
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The Best American Non-Required Reading 2009 ed. Dave Eggers

By Rachel Balik / 28 March 2010
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I Love You, I Hate You, I’m Hungry

By Lara Killian / 15 March 2010
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Cheever: Straight No Chaser

By Sean Murphy / 4 March 2009
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The Poetry that Lingers in a Clipped Article

By Jillian Burt / 28 August 2007
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Edmund and Rosemary Go to Hell by Bruce Eric Kaplan

By Jason B. Jones / 13 June 2007

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Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev
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Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev

By Jonathan Monovich / 22 March 2023
Liza Minnelli Hung Up Her Feather Boa and Sequins for ‘Gently’
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Liza Minnelli Hung Up Her Feather Boa and Sequins for ‘Gently’

By ​Peter Piatkowski / 22 March 2023
Jayne Mansfield Outsmarts the “Dumb Blonde” Role In Steinbeck Adaptation ‘The Wayward Bus’
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Jayne Mansfield Outsmarts the “Dumb Blonde” Role In Steinbeck Adaptation ‘The Wayward Bus’

By Matt McKinzie / 21 March 2023
Maggie, What Have We Done: Pink Floyd’s ‘The Final Cut’ at 40
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Maggie, What Have We Done: Pink Floyd’s ‘The Final Cut’ at 40

By Chris Ingalls / 21 March 2023
Tom Waits’ ‘Closing Time’ and the Myth of the Eponymous Debut Album
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Tom Waits’ ‘Closing Time’ and the Myth of the Eponymous Debut Album

By Avery Gregurich / 20 March 2023

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PopMatters Seeks Music Writers

By PopMatters Staff / 28 September 2022
PopMatters Seeks Film Critics and Essayists
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PopMatters Seeks Film Critics and Essayists

By Karen Zarker / 28 September 2022
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PopMatters Seeks Television Critics and Essayists

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Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev
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Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev

By Jonathan Monovich / 22 March 2023
Liza Minnelli Hung Up Her Feather Boa and Sequins for ‘Gently’
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Liza Minnelli Hung Up Her Feather Boa and Sequins for ‘Gently’

By ​Peter Piatkowski / 22 March 2023
Jayne Mansfield Outsmarts the “Dumb Blonde” Role In Steinbeck Adaptation ‘The Wayward Bus’
All Things Reconsidered/Books/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Film/Film Feature/Pop Past

Jayne Mansfield Outsmarts the “Dumb Blonde” Role In Steinbeck Adaptation ‘The Wayward Bus’

By Matt McKinzie / 21 March 2023
Maggie, What Have We Done: Pink Floyd’s ‘The Final Cut’ at 40
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Maggie, What Have We Done: Pink Floyd’s ‘The Final Cut’ at 40

By Chris Ingalls / 21 March 2023
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