March 07, 2013
It's Day 1 of the AWP Conference in Boston, and the same question burns in everyone's mind: Free swag? Free swag!
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It's Day 1 of the AWP Conference in Boston, and the same question burns in everyone's mind: Free swag? Free swag!
Read MoreThis week's Intrepid Intern column is here to get you through those last few days before Spring Break. Strap on your backpacks, because you're about to visit some of the best fictional schools literature has to offer.
Read MoreYou may be up to snuff when it comes to reciting the preamble from memory, but do you know which president liked to swim in his birthday suit? Take this quiz and find out!
Read More7:00: Explain to my companion that it might not be the best idea for me to be around dogs right now. Am currently going through a phase where I crave a dog the way some women crave a baby.
Read MoreThis week's Intrepid Intern column is here to get you through flu season
with a disease-themed crossword puzzle. Sure, murders and freak
accidents always make for an exciting death, but nothing adds to a
narrative like a good old fashioned illness.
All book lovers know the siren call of the $1 book cart — that sidewalk treasure chest of 1950s etiquette manuals, out-of-print Baby-Sitter’s Club books, and stray bestsellers. For my fellow thrifty bibliophiles, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite carts in New York.
Read MoreThe Maury Show has been around since 1991, airing such timeless episodes as “I’m Sure 1 of These 6 Men Is My Baby’s Father!” and “Are They Jingle Belles or Jingle Boys?” Attending a taping last week, I remembered why the show is a cherished tradition for so many families — including my own.
Read MoreThis week the Intrepid Intern is helping you almost get it kind of together with a handy personality quiz. The Girls/Sex and the City comparisons have been done to death, but where are the parallels between Dunham et al. and literature’s other famous female quartet: Louise May Alcott’s Little Women?
Read MoreOnce more, we sent our intern out into the world with only a clipboard
and pen to confront the people of New York City. This week we saw they
can tell the difference between a line of one e.e. cummings and Ke$ha. The two might just have more in common than
you think.
If you're 5’2” or under, you know what it's like to attend a concert, buzzing with the excitement of seeing your favorite band of the week, only to spend the next three hours staring at someone’s sweat-streaked back. I vowed to help my fellow shortstacks, so here is a guide to some of the city’s music venues and what the vertically challenged can expect from them.
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