11/30/2023
time machine: 30 Nov
11/30/2020
Zoom Along
Remote teaching in the Iron Age
by Liz Shulman
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11/30/2018
Subverting Seduction
A review of Karina Longworth’s Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom
by Melinda Lewis
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11/30/2017
Mister Miracle
Is this the best comic of the year?
by Chris Mautner
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11/30/2016
Big as a Calf, White as a Swan
An interview with Michael Engelhard about all things polar bear
by Bernd Brunner
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11/30/2015
“In this house all the walls have my mouth”
by Kelly Cherry
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11/30/2012
Hitchcock’s B-sides
The best of Hitchcock
by Colin Fleming
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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).