Idle Chatter
Weekly field notes on arts, culture, and everything else from our critic-at-large. All columns >
By Morgan Meis
The "Truth" Hurts With How Fiction Works, James Wood proves he has become a prisoner of what he got right.
 Bookslut A bi-weekly column from a very promiscuous reader. All columns >
By Jessa Crispin
Marrying Type The American wedding is a superficial pageant, but so are the books that attempt to expose it.
 Tony's Social Pages Invitations to the most famous (and infamous) parties throughout history. All columns >
By Tony Perrottet
Great Minds Drink Alike Symposia today are filled with professors, panels, and papers. In Plato's time, it was brains, booze, and boys.
 On Shopping To praise shopping is to breach the last taboo of academic culture. All columns >
By Paula Marantz Cohen
Refueling Think things are slow on the NJ Turnpike? Try eating at its rest stops.
 Life Science Investigations into the intersection of science and humanity. All columns >
By Jennifer Fisher Wilson
Got Gout? Once the "disease of kings," gout is back with a vengeance.
 The Naturalist Communications with the living world.
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By Jesse Smith
Guiding Light The Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America celebrates its creator's centennial this month. But why do we still need field guides?
Noncanonical Notes from a barbarian at the gates of culture.
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By Morgan Meis
Pool Boy Summer wanes, but there's time enough left for a dive into David Hockney's pool.
 The Good Life There's life. And then there's lifestyle journalism. All columns >
By Jason Wilson
The Lifestyle Beat There's life. And then there's lifestyle journalism.
 Ask a Poet Everything you wanted to know about life, poets, and the poet's life. All columns >
By Kristen Hoggatt
On Happiness, Love, and License This week: the happiness index, long-lasting love, and ego.
 At the Museums Stories from the institutions that preserve and interpret our history and culture.
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By various authors
Exhibit A Crime and punishment may be a gray area, but it's painted black and white in D.C.
By Emily Maloney
 Emily's World In which our heroine writes a column.
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By Emily Maloney
Embellished In which our heroine learns the art of scrapbooking. Sort of.
 The Kitchen Library Considerations of cooking guides by The Smart Set's book critic.
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By Jessa Crispin
Lard Work Too few animal fats in your life? Try Bistros and Brasseries: Recipes and Reflections on Classic Café Cooking.
 Tony's Secret Cabinet Stories from the institutions that preserve and interpret our history and culture.
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By Tony Perrottet
Olympic Fever Beijing is worried about pollution at its Olympic Games; ancient Greeks had to worry about spontaneous orgies at theirs.
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