Culture

McCain Joins Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live McCain Joins Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live

Tina Fey pokes fun at Sarah Palin's post-election ambitions, while McCain himself shows he still has a sense of humor.

Nov 3, 2008 / Saturday Night Live

Studs Terkel: Vigilant Optimist Studs Terkel: Vigilant Optimist

Studs Terkel always stood for the radical idea of the long memory. Telling the stories of our times, he remained to the end a vigilant optimist about civil rights and social progre...

Nov 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Shapiro

Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose

He was our Boswell, our Whitman, our Sandburg. He could get people to open up and share their innermost thoughts and dreams.

Nov 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Dennis Kucinich

McCain Attack Ads by Lynch, Jason Reitman and Shyamalan McCain Attack Ads by Lynch, Jason Reitman and Shyamalan

What if John McCain's negative ads were remade by David Lynch, M Night Shyamalan and Juno director Jason Reitman?

Oct 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / The Landline

Back Talk: Kelly Link

Back Talk: Kelly Link Back Talk: Kelly Link

The novelist and publisher discusses zombies, teen romance and her reaction to being labeled a "New Weird" writer.

Oct 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Hooked: Bottomless Appetites and Overfished Seas Hooked: Bottomless Appetites and Overfished Seas

Three new books chronicle our wanton depletion of ocean life.

Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Emily Biuso

The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants

Upstairs and downstairs with Virginia, Vanessa and the Bloomsbury set.

Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair

Lullaby: Susan Stewart’s Red Rover Lullaby: Susan Stewart’s Red Rover

In language stark and plain as hymns, Susan Stewart explores our insatiable desire to find meaning in remembrance.

Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Sarah Palin’s Bubble Deflates Just as Her Clothing Bills Arrive Sarah Palin’s Bubble Deflates Just as Her Clothing Bills Arrive

All dressed up with no place to go.

Oct 29, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Manifesto Manifesto

         after Breton When I dream, I vote. Exercise my rights as citizen of the dream state to terra-form the future. Work to abolish the most abject poverty of all-- that of knowing only one world. Activists, lovers-- don't just entwine your bodies, but also dreams. When you sleep together, go all the way!

Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Equi

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