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Great Expectations People don't read anymore. Translation is expensive. The Internet! At the London Book Fair, the sky was most definitely falling.
By Jessa Crispin |
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All Made Up Clothes cover and festoon a large expanse of the body, but makeup
interacts with that smaller, more expressive part of the body — the
face.
By Paula Marantz Cohen |
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The Art Catalog The theorists are always arguing about what makes something art. 30,000 Years of Art says let's just move on and look at some more of it.
By Morgan Meis |
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Sequins & Scandals Figure skating is the quintessential American sport. It's both fiercely individualistic and incredibly conformist. And athletes and fans have an extraordinarily high tolerance for corruption. Our correspondent reports from Skate America.
By M.G. Piety |
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The Official Typeface of the 20th Century Helvetica turned 50 this year. A profile of the font that gave shape and tone to our visual culture.
By Ryan Bigge |
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In Praise of the Town Library Its budget is never enough. Its collection is often small. But I have not yet visited one, not even in the drowsiest rural village, in which a child could not find enough to get started.
By Michael Gorra |
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Here's To the Death of the "Death of" Article Stephen King asks: What ails the short story? That question misses the point entirely.
By J.M. Tyree |
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Northeast Kingdom The apple can be robust or whithered, delicious or deadly, beautiful or terrifying. A photo essay with text by John Wood.
By Andrea Modica |
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A Dilettante's Guide to Art 1001 Paintings You Should See Before You Die acknowledges the question "What is Painting?" The answer: "Who cares?"
By Morgan Meis |
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Small Businesses Blink and you'll miss them. Tiny free-standing businesses are the proverbial canaries in the coal mines, the first to go when gentrification comes knocking. A photo essay.
By Lisa Anne Auerbach |
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