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EPILOGUE
Brutal Liza is back — and Right Before Your Eyes.
by ellen shanman
[09.30.2006] -
DANCE PARTY.
Oh, the horror: The best and brightest take to the dance floor.
by emily kagan
[05.21.2005] -
SKILLS.
Thinking I belonged in the lab, they handed me the drill. A writer plays scientist.
by kevin bullis
[04.06.2005] -
CULTURE SHOCK.
Ten lessons learned during my year in Newcastle.
by sonya poller
[03.25.2005] -
FICTION.
Short fiction: My terror ends in masks, zippers and blood on the rug. Part II of II.
by trish elms
[03.15.2005] -
CINEMA.
For me, indie film means Lloyd Kaufman, and the Toxic Avenger.
by david elliott
[03.15.2005] -
CINEMA.
I lost my head — briefly — for The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
by corey mesler
[02.28.2005] -
CINEMA.
My educator: Emmanuelle.
by paul toth
[02.28.2005] -
FICTION.
Short fiction: Moving out, one CD at a time. Part I of II.
by trish elms
[02.15.2005] -
FASCINATION.
I couldn’t stop rewinding, because that ugly kid on the videotape was… me.
by siri steiner
[01.03.2005] -
FIRSTS.
One female first after another, and I couldn’t figure out how Tabitha — and all those other girls — did it.
by minter krotzer
[01.03.2005] -
PIG GUTS.
My night at the fair with Tommy: I’m not sure I can help this brother out.
by justin cioppa
[01.03.2005] -
MEMO TO D.C.
A trip to the dentist yields personal insight: It’s time to yank me out of here.
by lindsay muscato
[12.23.2004] -
CINEMA.
It’s been 10 years since the lovers of Before Sunrise failed to keep their promise. Are they happy with that?
by samantha bornemann
[12.16.2004] -
E-PROFILE.
Adam Langer talks about his first novel, Crossing California, the demise of Book magazine, growing up in Rogers Park and more.
by samantha bornemann
[12.07.2004] -
MYSTERY SOLVED.
It was hard work hating high school, but I gave it my all in the interest of being … unique.
by paige maguire
[11.22.2004] -
TURNING PAGES.
So many books, so little time. But you never forget your first great book, or second, or third…
by corey mesler
[11.22.2004] -
E-PROFILE
Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer… It’s all about music for Brian McTear. Meet the man behind Bitter Bitter Weeks.
by bryson meunier
[08.25.2004] -
THE GOODBYE.
To California with love. A long-distance romance begins.
by ben kim
[08.02.2004] -
E-PROFILE.
Marah’s Serge Bielanko wasn’t always so good with a guitar. That and other revelations in our Q&A.
by samantha bornemann
[06.30.2004] -
EXPRESSIONS.
How Lucinda and Miller Williams inspired me to ‘fess up to my N.W.A.-smuggling past.
by bryson meunier
[06.03.2004] -
BOLD NEW WORLD.
The grades are in for Gilmore Girls, the latest series to brave TV’s college curse.
by samantha bornemann
[05.28.2004] -
NEVERMORE.
The good, the bad and the funny. Why Kurt still matters 10 years after his death.
by a.p. friday
[04.05.2004] -
E-PROFILE.
After five years Will Leitch retires his online column, Life as a Loser. A Q&A.
by samantha bornemann
[03.29.2004] -
MS. AND MRS.
Minding my potty mouth on the phone with the girl who used to be my best friend.
by annie abrams
[11.28.2003] -
BASEBALL.
On baseball underdogs: Would fans recognize the Cubs — or themselves — if the team won it all?
by andy cline
[11.28.2003] -
E-PROFILE.
Meet Jim Baur, the man playing classical guitar at a ceremony near you.
by michael solita
[09.10.2003] -
FICTION.
Short fiction: Unhappy Marriage.
by joan wilking
[07.30.2003] -
LOVE & MATING.
Married; then unmarried.
by erik solita
[07.03.2003] -
NOT YOUR DAY.
Never mind Ms. Post — this is the real bridesmaid’s etiquette.
by jennifer mathieu
[06.30.2003] -
FICTION.
Short short fiction: Anniversary.
by jason deboer
[06.23.2003] -
CHANTS & VERSE.
Protesters with posterboard, poets with pictures.
by bryson meunier
[04.23.2003] -
CHAPTERS.
Old favorites like Middlemarch offer new views.
by samantha bornemann
[02.27.2003] -
E-PROFILE.
Short story author Steve Almond talks reading and writing — and wimps out of the one tough question we asked.
by samantha bornemann
[02.17.2003] -
BUMPY RIDE.
A rare glimpse of the glamorous underbelly of an author’s reading tour.
by steve almond
[02.17.2003] -
E-PROFILE.
Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne dishes on touring with Beck and chatting up Ted Danson.
by ted sablay
[12.20.2002] -
CHAPTER & VERSE.
Gazing at the man behind Solaris, author Stanislaw Lem.
by carl albrecht-buehler
[12.10.2002] -
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK.
My guide to rockin’ and copywriting.
by bryson meunier
[10.23.2002] -
WINDOW SEAT.
Midwestern living has changed the look of New York.
by ben kim
[10.22.2002] -
15 MEGABYTES OF FAME.
The long-running humor column visits ShinyGun.
by amy krouse rosenthal
[06.21.2002] -
E-PROFILE.
Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal dishes on magazines in a post- Might world, motherhood and chasing a Poet Laureate.
by samantha bornemann
[06.21.2002] -
THE SPORTING LIFE.
How baseball saved my life.
by andy cline
[06.07.2002] -
THE SPORTING LIFE.
How baseball brought my sex life to life.
by cathy vail
[06.07.2002] -
REALISM TV.
Why Felicity is so freakin’ smart, and why I’m sad to see it go.
by bryson meunier
[05.22.2002] -
FICTION.
Short fiction: An excerpt from The Commuter.
by bryson meunier
[04.12.2002] -
CHAPTER & VERSE.
A young writer takes the Kafka challenge.
by bryson meunier
[04.12.2002] -
LIGHT & DARK.
Ghosts linger amid the temporary Towers in Light at ground zero.
by paul w. morris
[03.27.2002] -
CINEMA.
Pucker up for Vampire’s Kiss, a twisted take on the undead world of publishing.
by a. richard langley
[03.23.2002] -
PREDICTIONS.
Part Two: The message in the Tarot cards is clearer than ever before, but she doesn’t want to see it.
by damon brown
[03.23.2002] -
GRRR! ARGH!
A girl can get tired of saving the world. Just ask Buffy — er, Sarah. That brilliant Joss Whedon is making it more and more difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins.
by anaheed alani
[03.20.2002] -
PREDICTIONS.
Part One: A visit to a New Orleans psychic uncovers Joy — or something like it — in my future.
by damon brown
[03.16.2002] -
LOVE & MATING.
Starter marriages and the single man. What’s with the stampede to the chapel?
by ben kim
[03.14.2002] -
LOVE & MATING.
I’m 24 and a virgin. Am I saving myself? Yes — for a girl who will have sex with me!
by elijah marshall
[03.06.2002] -
SCREWED.
There are two kinds of luck. Only one of these is to be trusted.
by meredith zeitlin
[02.22.2002] -
E-PROFILE.
The Playboy Advisor talks about being a sexpert, a zine fiend and a successful Playmate interviewer. Meet Chip Rowe.
by samantha bornemann
[02.19.2002] -
CINEMA.
Yes to The Royal Tenenbaums, its music and its misanthropes.
by bryson meunier
[01.31.2002] -
CINEMA.
No to The Royal Tenenbaums: A series of beautiful stills doth not a “genius” movie make.
by ben kim
[01.31.2002] -
BOTTOM RUNG.
Fear and paranoia: How do you keep it together when the office body count keeps rising?
by samantha bornemann
[01.01.2002] -
BOTTOM RUNG.
A dream job found and lost, her dotcom gig remains an affair to remember.
by alison evans
[01.01.2002] -
BOTTOM RUNG.
Unemployed and undermined at every step. Who let the world get so cold?
by meredith zeitlin
[01.01.2002] -
NEVERLAND.
Nirvana ruined my life, sure, but thank god for that. Exploring the real impact of a watershed 1991 album.
by bryson meunier
[10.23.2001] -
THAT TUESDAY.
I wait and wonder, as if by thinking about it I will have some say in the outcome.
by meredith zeitlin
[09.25.2001] -
THAT TUESDAY.
Lesson learned: I am a New Yorker. And I love this city now more than ever.
by shana naomi krochmal
[09.21.2001] -
THAT TUESDAY.
At work they told us we could go home if we felt uncomfortable. I can’t figure out how to feel any other way.
by jennifer mathieu
[09.20.2001] -
THAT TUESDAY.
The FDNY lost many Brothers — many heroes — when the WTC towers fell.
by ellen shanman
[09.17.2001] -
BOYS W/ BUZZ.
An attempted email debate on well-hyped band the Strokes and the machine they rode in on.
by michael solita
[08.30.2001] -
SOMETHING STINKS.
The defecating burglar: My cat saw it all, but she’s not talking.
by samantha bornemann
[08.28.2001] -
FILMMAKERS.
Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann has a single aim. His films are meant to make you — every last one of you — not think, but feel.
by samantha bornemann
[08.14.2001] -
LOCATION: CHICAGO.
Call her the second city all you like, but Chicago’s my number one girl.
by gregory perez
[07.26.2001] -
WHAT’S ON TV.
You’ve gotta know when to go: On primetime hits that are past their prime.
by shana naomi krochmal
[07.19.2001] -
E-PROFILE.
Hey Mercedes frontman Bob Nanna talks music, fritters and the view from the stage.
by michael solita
[07.12.2001] -
BANDWAGON.
A Reality TV staffer explains why the format is a network’s wet dream.
by j. ryan stradal
[06.19.2001] -
LOCATION: HOUSTON.
This urban cowgirl can’t imagine hanging her hat anywhere but Houston.
by jennifer mathieu
[05.25.2001] -
NO CONTROL.
There’s someone out there committing crimes under my name — which is why I spent Easter evening in the back of a squad car, scared to death.
by glenn jeffers
[05.14.2001] -
OBITUARY.
No more Yo La Tengo, no more thrift-store identification badges of cool — this girl’s hipness has tragically and suddenly passed on.
by jennifer mathieu
[05.08.2001] -
PHONING IT IN.
They’re dialing in your destruction, one conference call at a time. Heed this warning, mid-size business boys and girls.
by dan ratner
[05.06.2001] -
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK.
Diary of a temporary jack-of-all-trades searching the web for signs of life.
by alison evans
[05.02.2001] -
LA REPORTA SCENA.
An evening of Latin death metal at La Kueva.
by jake alrich
[04.06.2001] -
PHOTOS BY M. SOLITA, APRIL 26-30, 2001.
Photo Essay: They hang like grapes on vines that shine. Capturing California.
by michael solita
[04.06.2001] -
FOREIGN WORLD.
Peace Corps reality replaced the hypothetical when I boarded a plane for a two-year stay in the West Indies.
by m. kathleen pratt
[04.06.2001] -
MISDIRECTED MAIL.
Misdirected mail: Her very first letter to a famous person — and she chose Chris Klein.
by jessica popover-cimino
[03.23.2001] -
GREASEY DREAMS.
Who’s that guy? One woman’s ode to the world of Grease 2.
by robin schorr
[03.22.2001] -
BODY COUNT.
Enumerating the acts of reckless violence in Seagal’s comeback of the year.
by doug mosurak
[03.22.2001] -
SCREAMING GENIUS.
Affectations that become habit. The cult of Kicking and Screaming, Noah Baumbach’s 1995 film.
by samantha bornemann
[03.19.2001] -
SERVICE PIECE.
How to make a movie on no budget.
by mark e. greene
[03.19.2001] -
DAILY GRIND.
The opportunity of a lifetime for a young journalist: The Florida recount knocked me on my ass.
by glenn jeffers
[03.16.2001] -
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK.
Time out of mind: A week in the life of an artist for hire.
by andrew skwish
[03.14.2001] -
SERVICE PIECE.
Things to do in high school besides homicide.
by jennifer mathieu and michael solita
[03.12.2001] -
ROMANTIC CHEMISTRY.
Romantic Chemistry: Stable couples and disruptive pairs FINALLY explained.
by mark e. greene
[02.22.2001] -
MISSTEPS.
May I have that dance? In search of the perfect foxtrot.
by samantha bornemann
[02.14.2001] -
PORTFOLIO.
Eden, Enough: An essay in images.
by marcus civin
[02.12.2001] -
WINDOW SEAT.
Part Two: Would he find foreign romance on his journey? Not with this many American girls on the loose in Europe.
by dan safarik
[01.26.2001] -
DIRTY POLITICS.
A rant from the good old days… Why George W. Bush is like a yeast infection.
by jennifer mathieu
[01.26.2001] -
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK.
Ever wonder what it’s like to run an indie record label? We got the details from the man behind My Pal God.
by jon solomon
[01.10.2001] -
DEMENTED MAN.
Our resident scientist wants you to recycle. Ignore his advice at your — and your Diet Coke’s — peril.
by mark e. greene
[01.10.2001] -
BOTTOM RUNG.
Cultural assessment surveys and mandatory screen savers? Is this a workplace or a cult?
by jennifer mathieu
[01.07.2001] -
VERBAL ASSAULT.
“Chicago needs an enema” — that and other ruminations on the Great Midwest Metropolis in this email excerpt.
by andre vospette
[01.07.2001] -
WINDOW SEAT.
Part One: A young American in Europe. A tragicomedy of Daedalian proportions.
by dan safarik
[11.22.2000] -
PARIS DISPATCH.
Paris Dispatch: Just how the hell did I end up in France after graduation?
by drew nielsen
[11.22.2000] -
SERVICE PIECE
How to procrastinate.
by prescott tolk
[11.22.2000]
SHINYGUN
