Autobiography of Read
Happy Birthday, AnneCarson! The iconoclastic modern poet who published the arresting, compulsively readable Autobiography of Red turned 57 this weekend.
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Remember that disheartening map that cataloged the ratio of unmarried men to women per city, wherein the East coast was Single Lady Central and the West coast was a Boystown? Now there's an...
View Article2666 reasons to find your library card.
With the advent of December comes the annual ranking of the book industry's over-saturated market. Along with the garden variety BestBooksof2008 lists, niche critics weigh in on the best cookbooks...
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"We could all do worse than to write like Saul Bellow. And when I say write like Saul Bellow, I mean be Saul Bellow. And when I say be Saul Bellow, I mean unzip the skin from his body and wear it as a...
View Article"The butchers never speak, and if they do, their words are hollow."
Shockingly, a novel about a Nazi officer who abets murder squads, transports Jews to Auschwitz, has sex with his twin sister, possibly kills his parents and then dies rich, old and reflective has...
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Who's Your Daddy?Atlantic Monthly staff writer Caitlin Flanagan considers the impact of father-daughter relationships and once again opines about the emotional inner life of adolescent girls. Building...
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In the wake of allegations from ex-employees at Blackwater/Xe, founder Erik Prince is now under investigation for murdering federal informants.
View ArticleU.S. Census worker found hanged in Kentucky with "FED" scrawled on his chest.
Cancer survivor, teacher, single father, and part-time U.S. Census worker Bill Sparkman was found dead September 12, hanging from a tree with the word "FED" written on his chest.
View Article"It would seem highly unlikely that this individual was attacked by a tiger...
One arm was bigger than the other in many remains—a suggestion that the men were gladiators who trained from a young age with a weapon in one hand.Archaeologists discover the world's best-preserved...
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