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The Nobel Committee has no clue about American literature.

Slate Magazine - Culturebox - Oct 3, 2008

When Saul Bellow learned that he had won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1976, he reacted to the news in the only way a great writer can or should: He tried hard not to care. "I'm glad to get it," Bellow admitted …
If Paul Newman was in it, it was a Paul Newman movie.

Slate Magazine - Culturebox - Sep 30, 2008

The first thing you think upon hearing the news is "But Paul Newman isn't someone who can die." Whatever species he belonged to, he of the aquamarine gaze-blazers and the Roman-coin profile, it couldn't have been a …
If Paul Newman was in it, it was a Paul Newman movie.

Slate Magazine - Sep 29, 2008

The first thing you think upon hearing the news is, "But Paul Newman isn't someone who can die." Whatever species he belonged to, he of the aquamarine gaze-blazers and the Roman-coin profile, it couldn't have been a …
How Sarah Palin embodies the Christian right archetype of the Sexy Puritan.

Slate Magazine - Sep 26, 2008

In the weeks since Sarah Palin made her entertaining and highly polarizing entrance onto the national stage, journalists have been scrambling to get a fix on her, attaching label after label onto the Alaska governor in …
How not to be the first contestant kicked off a reality show.

Slate Magazine - Culturebox - Sep 24, 2008

There's no television type quite so pathetic as the first person dropped from a reality show. He's the embodiment of broken dreams, the guy who survives the rigorous casting process, films the opening credits, tastes …
When audiobook casting goes terribly wrong.

Slate Magazine - Sep 18, 2008

For all the column inches downloaded to Kindles this year about how electronic books will someday replace traditional ones, little has been made of the steady rise of another rival to the printed word: audiobooks …
Finite Jest

Slate Magazine - Culturebox - Sep 17, 2008

Arts, entertainment, and more. [more ...]
Remembering David Foster Wallace.

Slate Magazine - Culturebox - Sep 17, 2008

David Foster Wallace hanged himself at his home in California on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at the age of 46. A precocious and preternaturally talented writer, Foster Wallace was regarded by many critics, novelists, and …
Since when are Republicans better at humor than Democrats?

Slate Magazine - Culturebox - Sep 13, 2008

Even in an age of overly orchestrated and audience-tested messages from candidates, it's remarkable how much a spontaneous remark can do to change the tenor of the campaign. Last week, Sarah Palin's genuinely amusing …
Why McCain can't stop saying "my friends."

Slate Magazine - Culturebox - Aug 31, 2008

"My friends," John McCain recently informed a crowd, "we spent $3 million of your money to study the DNA of bears in Montana." [more ...]

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