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July 22, 2014

Falling for a straphanger reading The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon on the subway in New York.

July 18, 2014

It's a living.

July 18, 2014

An awards controversy in North Carolina raises questions of merit.

July 17, 2014

No, it’s not because they disapprove of his kinky love triangle with Betty and Veronica.

July 15, 2014

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan, Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Fables by Bill Willingham prove it’s a serious thing, being ridiculous.

July 14, 2014

He looked deeply into her eyes, and she said, “You’re off the case.” Then everything went black. (Because it was all just a string of cliches.)

July 03, 2014

On the eve of America’s entrance into World War II, the U.S. military wanted to ensure its men got along across the pond without too many “boners.”

July 03, 2014

Mark Twain, Barbara Ehrenreich, Christopher Hitchens and David Foster Wallace on what it means to love your country.

July 02, 2014

From 1910 to 2003, from Tanizaki to Murakami and beyond, a quick tour through a century of literature from the land of the rising sun.

June 30, 2014

How much truth is there behind the reading habits on Orange is the New Black?

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