Ten years and three presidents later, the Mayor of Flavortown goes all-out Elder Statesman. (And also reveals the origins of “Slamma jamma I love that lamb-a!”)
June 2017
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Nina Simone in Liberia
Katherina Grace Thomas weaves together a gripping account of the years Nina Simone found freedom from America’s racial strife in lush, pre-Civil War Liberia.
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My Dentist’s Murder Trial
James Lasdun tells the story of how his Kingston, NY-based dentist, Gilberto Nunez, D.D.S., wound up in prison. Lasdun writes about attending Nunez’s trial for the murder of his lover’s husband — a man he called his friend — with an eye toward the ways in which law enforcement can botch a case by determining […]
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Harry Potter and the Long-Term Global Impact
J.K. Rowling’s first book was published 20 years ago today. Did it create better readers, or just more of them?
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Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax
What depression was to the 1990s anxiety is to right now, growing from a medical condition into our national sociological state. What’s happening?
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
After Marriage Equality, to Party, or to Protest?
Spenser Mestel recalls the emotionally complicated day, two years ago, when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
After Marriage Equality, to Party, or to Protest?
Spenser Mestel recalls the emotionally complicated day, two years ago, when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage.
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The Super Predators
Domestic abuse by police officers is underreported and less likely to lead to prosecution. It also forces victims to seek help from police departments eager to protect their own.
Posted inArts & Culture, Uncategorized
Desperately Seeking Daniel Day-Lewis
Is this the end of an era for the brilliant, if reluctant, male movie star?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Exile in Guyville
Liz Phair and Elizabeth Wurtzel discuss the sexism they each are seeing everywhere.