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One More Reason to Miss Roger Ebert: His Love of Trash

The larger-than-life critic wasn't afraid to heap witty praise upon hugely inconsequential popcorn flicks.

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| Thu Apr. 4, 2013 4:15 PM PDT

Why "Asshole" Is High Praise—and Other Anatomy Lessons With Mary Roach

More than you ever needed to know about fake poop, rectal smuggling, and weird diets.

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| Tue Apr. 2, 2013 3:01 AM PDT
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Quick Reads: "Odds Against Tomorrow" by Nathaniel Rich

Did Nathaniel Rich see Sandy coming? His protagonist did.

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| Tue Apr. 2, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Quick Reads: Dan Fagin's "Toms River"

Fagin raises questions about what communities are willing to sacrifice in the name of economic development.

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| Wed Jan. 30, 2013 1:20 PM PST

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Photographing a Mother's Descent Into Mental Illness

Joshua Lutz's intimate photobook, "Hesitating Beauty," is sad, strong, and memorable.

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| Sat Mar. 23, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Former Obama Official Compares Glenn Beck's Attacks to Orwell's "Two Minutes Hate"

In a new book, Cass Sunstein says he got death threats after becoming a prime target of the then-Fox News host.

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| Thu Mar. 21, 2013 6:54 AM PDT
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"Stoker": An Exquisitely Twisted Family Drama

Director Park Chan-wook talks about his first English-language film, a thrilling story about extraordinarily screwed-up people.

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| Fri Mar. 15, 2013 3:05 AM PDT
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Quick Reads: "Frankenstein's Cat" by Emily Anthes

Emily Anthes interviews the innovators pushing biological limits.

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| Thu Mar. 14, 2013 3:19 AM PDT
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Mother of "Dancing with the Stars" Alum Bristol Palin to Write Book About Christmas

"A Happy Holiday IS a Merry Christmas" is what this is titled.

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| Tue Mar. 12, 2013 7:27 AM PDT
Teju Cole

Teju Cole on the "Empathy Gap" and Tweeting Drone Strikes

"Mother died today. The program saves American lives."

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| Wed Mar. 6, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Quick Reads: "Gun Guys" by Dan Baum

Baum embarks on a pre-Newtown tour of shooting ranges, gun shows, and gun shops.

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| Tue Mar. 5, 2013 4:00 AM PST
Karen Russell

Karen Russell's Fantastical World

The "Swamplandia!" author on vampires, python plagues, and nearly winning a Pulitzer.

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| Thu Feb. 7, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Quick Reads: "Behind the Kitchen Door" By Saru Jayaraman

Looking beyond grass-fed this or biodynamic that, the slow-food movement is incomplete without humane labor practices.

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| Thu Feb. 7, 2013 4:00 AM PST
Jamaica Kincaid

"Our Sassy Black Friend" Jamaica Kincaid

The acclaimed author on race, motherhood, and why the New Testament is like "People" magazine.

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| Fri Feb. 1, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Tragedy of the Commune

Author Nathanael Johnson on his "All Natural" upbringing and why you can't flee the world's problems.

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| Mon Jan. 28, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Quick Reads: Nathanael Johnson's "All Natural"

Stories of a patchouli upbringing woven with interrogations of "natural" and "technological" living.

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| Mon Jan. 28, 2013 3:50 AM PST
Kerry Emanuel

A Quick, Awesome Must-Read on Climate Change

Take a break from that Dan Brown novel, and read this instead.

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| Wed Jan. 23, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Welcome to the Hotel America

Inside the airport hotels where refugees start their new lives.

Photographs by Gabriele Stabile. Text by Jeremy Lybarger.

 | Sat Jan. 19, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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How Did the Gates of Hell Open in Vietnam?

There's still a lot Americans don't know about the Vietnam war.

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| Thu Jan. 17, 2013 1:08 PM PST
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Obama's Wrong: We Kind of Are a Nation of Deadbeats

Selling problematic debt and laughing about it is the story of America.

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| Tue Jan. 15, 2013 4:00 AM PST