Books

Real Clear Politics Book

Behind Newt's Tiffany's Tab, the Bachmann Revolt, and the Steak That Drove Huckabee Out of the Race

Plus more scoops from RealClearPolitics' new Campaign 2012 e-book.

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| Fri Nov. 11, 2011 10:39 AM PST

High Fantasy Is A Subgenre of Fantasy

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| Tue Nov. 8, 2011 8:45 AM PST

Drawing Comics for Uncle Sam

Classic government propaganda drawn by cartoon greats, from Dr. Seuss to Walt Kelly.

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| Mon Nov. 7, 2011 4:00 AM PST
R Crumb

R. Crumb on Album Covers, Charlie Patton 78s, and Occupy Wall Street

The iconic cartoonist also riffs on Janis Joplin, old-time music, and why he hates working for rich people.

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| Mon Nov. 7, 2011 3:00 AM PST

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The Musical Artistry of R. Crumb

The legendary underground cartoonist built an impressive portfolio of album covers covered in caricatures of musicians.

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| Mon Nov. 7, 2011 3:00 AM PST

Chris Matthews on JFK and Nuclear Pistols

In his new book on Kennedy, Matthews describes an odd but telling moment for the young president.

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| Wed Nov. 2, 2011 7:36 AM PDT

Book Review: Blue Nights

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| Tue Nov. 1, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
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Anonymous: Unequivocally the Worst Movie of the Year

Roland Emmerich's Shakespeare-was-a-fraud flick is a real stinker.

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| Fri Oct. 28, 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Book Review: El Narco

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| Tue Oct. 25, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Quiz: Rock Bands That Exist Only in Books

Can you match these fictional rockers to the novels they appeared in?

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| Mon Oct. 24, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
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What the Hell Is David Shrigley Doing?

"Hey, I could've done that," you might say of the Scottish artist's dark, childlike drawings. Right, but you didn't.

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| Sat Oct. 22, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Book Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow

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| Sat Oct. 22, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Consciously Crude: The Art of David Shrigley

13 twisted instances of deliberate naiveté.

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| Sat Oct. 22, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Book Review: Eating Mud Crabs in Kandahar

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| Fri Oct. 21, 2011 3:30 AM PDT

Must Iranian Authors Write about Iran?

San Francisco's annual literary festival, Litquake, asked some provocative questions.

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 1:53 AM PDT
Ry Cooder

Ry Cooder's Vintage Los Angeles Fiction

The renowned guitarist's short story collection follows hardscrabble musicians and other vagabonds in a postwar City of Angels.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk Goes to Hell

The bad-boy author of Fight Club and 11 other novels on his latest book, Damned.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

DJ Spooky's Icy Philharmonic

That "subliminal" über-conceptual mixmaster on Freud, his geeky college days, and his new Antarctica book.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Book Review: I'm With the Bears

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| Sat Oct. 15, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Simon Kuper: Soccer Does Not Explain the World

The renowned soccer writer talks about his new book and his evolving view of the sport's role in the world.

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| Fri Oct. 14, 2011 3:15 PM PDT