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Will the new Gladwell theory stick?
The whole world is tipping and blinking because of rockstar MG, and who am I to deny his powers?
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Frere-Jones, Frere-Jones, Dormez-Vous?
Most of music critic Sasha Frere-Jones' blog is photos--I like his records of graffiti and signage especially...
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Paglia for Peanuts: Camille, Where is Thy Sting?
If Paglia wants sexy peanuts, she should try some poetry outside the limited arena she's clearly sampling--and sampling is a generous term.
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Ashbery makes sense
He stood there at the podium of the Morgan Library looking as genial and harmless as Ed McMahon...
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Martin's twelve: Cheaper by the Dozen now even cheaper!
I hate seeing Steve Martin act like an idiot, and I don't mean The Jerk.
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Too pure to be Pink: the limits of chick lit
There's plenty of light (more likely, deceptively light) reading out there that doesn't get smooshed into a category.
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Pander In The Wind: Tina, Diana & Me
Then, I'm afraid, the Elton John song--already hanging way over the edge of bad taste as it was...
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