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Hillary in the (White) House

Anna March lays out why we should all be excited about electing the first woman president. Continue reading

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Goodnight, Sweet Print

Novelist Ted Heller asks: e-book or not e-book? Continue reading

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Some Thrive, Some Die

Ruminations on the end. And The End. Continue reading

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Five Reasons Why You Should Buy “The Weeklings: Revolution #1,” Our Anthology

It’s this or Kickstarter. And nobody wants that. Continue reading

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The Duomo of Milan could not have been built by digital-age writers. (Photo: Wikipedia)

The Art of the Guild

Freemasonry seems old-fashioned, if not obsolete. But Jennifer Sky argues that writers of the digital age have a lot to learn from the freemasons. Continue reading

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Young Adult – Part I

The tranquility of an artists’ colony is shattered as one of the members has a breakdown, impersonating the colony’s children – including Quentin Rowan. Continue reading

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Power Trio: 3 Songs About Being Young And Disenfranchised Before The Internets

Blaise Allysen Kearsley waxes nostalgic for her Gen X youth. Continue reading

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My Year of Horror: Strange May Flowers

April showers of blood bring strange May flowers in Tom Gualtieri’s month of hybrid horror. Continue reading

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Art & Life & Lunch With Will Self

Sam Mills sets out to meet her hero, Will Self, and meditates on food, fiction and second comings, plus the spiritual enlightenment of celebrity culture Continue reading

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Point/Counterpoint: Sean Beaudoin vs. Greg Olear (Anniversary Edition)

Take a front row seat for this exciting, no-holds-barred game of style and wit, in which eight topics of the day are parsed, thrust, and parried as you listen to the intellectual steel clang! Continue reading

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One Direction, One Survivor

Greg Olear spots a boy band trend. Continue reading

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Exploiting Exploitation: The Brilliance of Spring Breakers

M.J. Corey finds more to like in Harmony Korine’s controversial new film than bikinis, beaches, and pop music. Continue reading

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