- annie abrams
MS. AND MRS.
Minding my potty mouth on the phone with the girl who used to be my best friend.
[11.28.2003] - anaheed alani
- carl albrecht-buehler
- steve almond
- jake alrich
- samantha bornemann
CINEMA.
It’s been 10 years since the lovers of Before Sunrise failed to keep their promise. Are they happy with that?
[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.
[12.07.2004]E-PROFILE.
Marah’s Serge Bielanko wasn’t always so good with a guitar. That and other revelations in our Q&A.
[06.30.2004]BOLD NEW WORLD.
The grades are in for Gilmore Girls, the latest series to brave TV’s college curse.
[05.28.2004]E-PROFILE.
After five years Will Leitch retires his online column, Life as a Loser. A Q&A.
[03.29.2004]E-PROFILE.
Short story author Steve Almond talks reading and writing — and wimps out of the one tough question we asked.
[02.17.2003]E-PROFILE.
Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal dishes on magazines in a post- Might world, motherhood and chasing a Poet Laureate.
[06.21.2002]E-PROFILE.
The Playboy Advisor talks about being a sexpert, a zine fiend and a successful Playmate interviewer. Meet Chip Rowe.
[02.19.2002]BOTTOM RUNG.
Fear and paranoia: How do you keep it together when the office body count keeps rising?
[01.01.2002]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.
[08.14.2001]SCREAMING GENIUS.
Affectations that become habit. The cult of Kicking and Screaming, Noah Baumbach’s 1995 film.
[03.19.2001] - damon brown
PREDICTIONS.
Part Two: The message in the Tarot cards is clearer than ever before, but she doesn’t want to see it.
[03.23.2002]PREDICTIONS.
Part One: A visit to a New Orleans psychic uncovers Joy — or something like it — in my future.
[03.16.2002] - kevin bullis
SKILLS.
Thinking I belonged in the lab, they handed me the drill. A writer plays scientist.
[04.06.2005] - justin cioppa
- marcus civin
- andy cline
- jason deboer
- david elliott
- trish elms
FICTION.
Short fiction: My terror ends in masks, zippers and blood on the rug. Part II of II.
[03.15.2005] - alison evans
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK.
Diary of a temporary jack-of-all-trades searching the web for signs of life.
[05.02.2001] - a.p. friday
NEVERMORE.
The good, the bad and the funny. Why Kurt still matters 10 years after his death.
[04.05.2004] - mark e. greene
ROMANTIC CHEMISTRY.
Romantic Chemistry: Stable couples and disruptive pairs FINALLY explained.
[02.22.2001]DEMENTED MAN.
Our resident scientist wants you to recycle. Ignore his advice at your — and your Diet Coke’s — peril.
[01.10.2001] - glenn jeffers
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.
[05.14.2001]DAILY GRIND.
The opportunity of a lifetime for a young journalist: The Florida recount knocked me on my ass.
[03.16.2001] - emily kagan
- ben kim
LOVE & MATING.
Starter marriages and the single man. What’s with the stampede to the chapel?
[03.14.2002] - shana naomi krochmal
THAT TUESDAY.
Lesson learned: I am a New Yorker. And I love this city now more than ever.
[09.21.2001]WHAT’S ON TV.
You’ve gotta know when to go: On primetime hits that are past their prime.
[07.19.2001] - minter krotzer
- a. richard langley
CINEMA.
Pucker up for Vampire’s Kiss, a twisted take on the undead world of publishing.
[03.23.2002] - paige maguire
MYSTERY SOLVED.
It was hard work hating high school, but I gave it my all in the interest of being … unique.
[11.22.2004] - elijah marshall
LOVE & MATING.
I’m 24 and a virgin. Am I saving myself? Yes — for a girl who will have sex with me!
[03.06.2002] - jennifer mathieu
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.
[09.20.2001]LOCATION: HOUSTON.
This urban cowgirl can’t imagine hanging her hat anywhere but Houston.
[05.25.2001]OBITUARY.
No more Yo La Tengo, no more thrift-store identification badges of cool — this girl’s hipness has tragically and suddenly passed on.
[05.08.2001]DIRTY POLITICS.
A rant from the good old days… Why George W. Bush is like a yeast infection.
[01.26.2001]BOTTOM RUNG.
Cultural assessment surveys and mandatory screen savers? Is this a workplace or a cult?
[01.07.2001] - corey mesler
TURNING PAGES.
So many books, so little time. But you never forget your first great book, or second, or third…
[11.22.2004] - bryson meunier
E-PROFILE
Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer… It’s all about music for Brian McTear. Meet the man behind Bitter Bitter Weeks.
[08.25.2004]EXPRESSIONS.
How Lucinda and Miller Williams inspired me to ‘fess up to my N.W.A.-smuggling past.
[06.03.2004] - paul w. morris
- doug mosurak
BODY COUNT.
Enumerating the acts of reckless violence in Seagal’s comeback of the year.
[03.22.2001] - lindsay muscato
MEMO TO D.C.
A trip to the dentist yields personal insight: It’s time to yank me out of here.
[12.23.2004] - drew nielsen
PARIS DISPATCH.
Paris Dispatch: Just how the hell did I end up in France after graduation?
[11.22.2000] - gregory perez
LOCATION: CHICAGO.
Call her the second city all you like, but Chicago’s my number one girl.
[07.26.2001] - sonya poller
- jessica popover-cimino
MISDIRECTED MAIL.
Misdirected mail: Her very first letter to a famous person — and she chose Chris Klein.
[03.23.2001] - m. kathleen pratt
FOREIGN WORLD.
Peace Corps reality replaced the hypothetical when I boarded a plane for a two-year stay in the West Indies.
[04.06.2001] - dan ratner
- amy krouse rosenthal
- ted sablay
E-PROFILE.
Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne dishes on touring with Beck and chatting up Ted Danson.
[12.20.2002] - dan safarik
WINDOW SEAT.
Part Two: Would he find foreign romance on his journey? Not with this many American girls on the loose in Europe.
[01.26.2001]WINDOW SEAT.
Part One: A young American in Europe. A tragicomedy of Daedalian proportions.
[11.22.2000] - robin schorr
- ellen shanman
- andrew skwish
- erik solita
- michael solita
BOYS W/ BUZZ.
An attempted email debate on well-hyped band the Strokes and the machine they rode in on.
[08.30.2001]E-PROFILE.
Hey Mercedes frontman Bob Nanna talks music, fritters and the view from the stage.
[07.12.2001]PHOTOS BY M. SOLITA, APRIL 26-30, 2001.
Photo Essay: They hang like grapes on vines that shine. Capturing California.
[04.06.2001] - jon solomon
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.
[01.10.2001] - siri steiner
FASCINATION.
I couldn’t stop rewinding, because that ugly kid on the videotape was… me.
[01.03.2005] - j. ryan stradal
- prescott tolk
- paul toth
- cathy vail
- andre vospette
VERBAL ASSAULT.
“Chicago needs an enema” — that and other ruminations on the Great Midwest Metropolis in this email excerpt.
[01.07.2001] - joan wilking
- meredith zeitlin
THAT TUESDAY.
I wait and wonder, as if by thinking about it I will have some say in the outcome.
[09.25.2001]
SHINYGUN
