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August 31, 2010

The Sorcerer

August 31, 2010/ Dennis Drabelle

Donald Sturrock's hefty new biography of Roald Dahl shows both the troubled, temperamental family man and the conjurer of wicked, entrancing stories

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August 31, 2010/ Dennis Drabelle/
Fiction, Literary Criticism
fiction, literary criticism, September 2010
August 31, 2010

Gary Shteyngart, Old Man

August 31, 2010/ Amelia Glaser

Who is Gary Shteyngart to call thirty-somethings old? Perhaps a thirty-something himself, bringing forth his most mature novel to date.

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August 31, 2010/ Amelia Glaser/
Fiction
Amelia Glaser, Book Review, fiction, September 2010
August 31, 2010

The Annotated Mix-Tape, #7

August 31, 2010/ Joshua Harmon

Black cars, night escapes, spinning vinyl, "Why should I care / Driving's a gas / it ain't gonna last..."

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August 31, 2010/ Joshua Harmon/
Arts & Life
September 2010
August 31, 2010

The Western Star

August 31, 2010/ Thomas J. Daly

More than any other figure in American history (including his hated rival Andrew Jackson), Henry Clay towered over the political landscape in the decades before the Civil War; two new books look at his legacy.

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August 31, 2010/ Thomas J. Daly/
Politics & History
Book Review, civil war, September 2010, Thomas j Daly
August 31, 2010

On the Scent: Difficult Pleasures

August 31, 2010/ Elisa Gabbert

Our regular scentstress extols the difficult: sharp notes, throwbacks, and sweaty musks over easy patchoulis and fruity bores.

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August 31, 2010/ Elisa Gabbert/
Arts & Life
Elisa Gabbert, On the Scent, September 2010
August 31, 2010

EVEN AS WE SPEAK

August 31, 2010/ Ben Mazer

THERE IS A BEGINNING TO ALL THIS. AN OCCASION. SCOTTISH BAGPIPES ARE ITS EQUIVALENT, BUT IT BEAMS DOWN IN SPECKLED LIGHTS. SPOKEN LIGHTS.

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August 31, 2010/ Ben Mazer/
Poetry
Poetry, September 2010
August 31, 2010

Eggs Scrambled Differently: A Look at Wayne Shorter

August 31, 2010/ Brad Jones

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter's performances - improvisational, pointed, unpredictably brilliant - were the stuff of legend, and some pivotal examples were caught on film.

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August 31, 2010/ Brad Jones/
Monthly Cover
brad jones, September 2010
August 31, 2010

The Crossing

August 31, 2010/ Janet Potter

Warmth and pleasure are scarce commodities in Per Petterson's new novel "I Curse the River of Time," but Janet Potter reveals where they're hidden

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August 31, 2010/ Janet Potter/
Fiction
Book Review, fiction, Janet Potter, September 2010
August 31, 2010

I Don't Find My Jokes Funny Anymore

August 31, 2010/ Jeff Bursey

The classic epistolary novel is given a new, notably misanthropic turn in Sam Savage's The Cry of the Sloth -- Jeff Bursey reviews

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August 31, 2010/ Jeff Bursey/
Fiction
Book Review, fiction, September 2010
August 31, 2010

Tales of the Tales of Monkey Island

August 31, 2010/ John C. Anderson

Like paintings or fine wine, video games have a lifespan - a messy birth, a heyday of renown, and a decline. Retrace the epic life, death - and afterlife? - of Tales from Monkey Island.

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August 31, 2010/ John C. Anderson/
Monthly Cover
john anderson, September 2010
August 31, 2010

“Your Princess is in Another Castle”

August 31, 2010/ Phillip A. Lobo

In the gaming memoir "Unplugged," one man grapples with the story of his own addiction to video games.

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August 31, 2010/ Phillip A. Lobo/
Monthly Cover
Book Review, david foster wallace, Phillip Lobo, September 2010
August 31, 2010

Songs for an Invisible Nation

August 31, 2010/ Marc Vincenz

Rapt in discussion and a bowl of spicy noodles with poet Martín Espada

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August 31, 2010/ Marc Vincenz/
Poetry
Interview, Poetry, September 2010
August 31, 2010

Encountering Kundera

August 31, 2010/ John G. Rodwan, Jr.

"Art is dying," Milan Kundera writes in his essay collection "Encounter," "because the need for art is dying"; John G. Rodwan, Jr. assesses his attempt to re-stoke that need

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August 31, 2010/ John G. Rodwan, Jr./
Literary Criticism
Book Review, fiction, John G- Rodwan Jr, literary criticism, September 2010
August 31, 2010

Fetch My Embroidery!

August 31, 2010/ Finch Bronstein-Rasmussen

Was Eleanor of Aquitaine a power in medieval politics or a glittering figurehead? This wife of two kings and mother of four stars in a new novel by Alison Weir - but will the real Eleanor please stand up?

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August 31, 2010/ Finch Bronstein-Rasmussen/
Fiction, Video
Book Review, fiction, September 2010
August 31, 2010

September 2010 Issue

August 31, 2010/ Open Letters Monthly

"Bowling" by Kirsten Lewis

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August 31, 2010/ Open Letters Monthly/
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September 2010
August 31, 2010

A Year with Short Novels: Love, the Limits of Narrative, & The Pilgrim Hawk

August 31, 2010/ Ingrid Norton

The twisty boundaries of narrative reliability are at the heart of Ingrid Norton's discussion the neglected classic "The Pilgrim Hawk" as "A Year with Short Novels" continues.

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August 31, 2010/ Ingrid Norton/
Features
A Year with Short Novels, fiction, Ingrid Norton, September 2010
August 31, 2010

Beyond the Pillars of Hercules

August 31, 2010/ Steve Donoghue

In addition to their gods and goddesses, the ancient Greeks worshiped youth and athletic prowess, and their foremost bard was Pindar.

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August 31, 2010/ Steve Donoghue/
Literary Criticism, Poetry
Book Review, homer, literary criticism, Poetry, September 2010, Steve Donoghue
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