04/22/2024
time machine: 22 Apr
04/22/2021
The Campus Novel Trap
“Novelists often teach out of economic necessity,” but campus life can consequently circumscribe their work.
by Arvind Dilawar
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04/22/2019
Name Your God
On Alice in Chains, Christian camps, and Satanism
by Aaron Burch
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04/22/2016
Losing Patience
Reviewing Daniel Clowes's new graphic novel
by Chris Mautner
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04/22/2015
Who the @#$% is Proserpine?
by Michael Lind
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on walking
September 15, 2014
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Are cars turning human beings into quadrupeds? Or is there room for walking after all?
August 22, 2014
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In need of a burst of creativity? Go for a walk.
June 23, 2014
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How to overcome the argument that walking is too slow.
and the living’s easy
August 2, 2010
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Bathing suits. Bah! Humbug!
April 25, 2008
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The disappointment of going to the seaside on the cusp of summer.
August 6, 2007
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Why "Umbrella" is one (and "Zombie" wasn't).