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Madeline K.B. Ross
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The Unforeseen
Despite my natural mistrust of any documentary where the heroes and villains are so clearly defined, I couldn’t deny the
How Can a Film Ever Do a Book Justice?
Ian MacEwan is one of the rare writers who enjoys both commercial success and critical respect. The opening of the
In Literary Game, Yale Loses
It’s that time of year again. Starbucks is overflowing with irritating holiday cheer, the first round of midterms is over,
Skip Dinner Tonight: Culinary Writing Feeds The Mind
Sometimes books serve as pathways to the pleasures we are incapable of obtaining in real life: Flying and spells for
Self-Help Books ‘Bitch’ About Sexes
In a world filled with writers who write badly and stories that sell on shock value alone, there’s something satisfying
Forget the Coop and Get Back to Basics
For many Harvard students, the initial run on textbooks at the Coop will be the only time they visit a
Potential Hurricane Victims Say They Would Refuse Order To Evacuate
As the Southeastern United States finds itself in the midst of another hurricane season, a new study suggests that residents
Kiddie Lit Stays In Fashion
The stories we read when we were growing up have a profound effect on the way we view the world.
You’ve Read ‘Gravity’s Rainbow’? Bullshit
It’s a well-known fact that everyone has favorite publications that they don’t admit reading, guilty pleasures ranging from Playboy to
Reconciling God and Einstein
In recent years, the uneasy tension between science and faith has escalated into a full-out war of attrition. It began
Just Browsing: Digital Futures
Since the early 1990s, the Internet has swallowed up other media like kudzu: Tower Records closes stores while iTunes thrives,
Trashy Celeb Lit Abounds
On Feb. 8, Anna Nicole Smith died. My relationship with her up to that point had been minimal, but this
Trachtenberg Covers His Tracts
The most immediately noticeable aspect of “Lincoln’s Smile and Other Enigmas” is a giant photograph of Abraham Lincoln’s craggy face
MADELINE-BY-LINE: Self-Helpified Literature
Growing up in the Baptist-dominated wilds of western North Carolina, I usually watched book burnings with a mixture of perplexity
BESTSELLER: The End of Faith
“Surely there must come a time when we will acknowledge the obvious: theology is now little more than a branch
