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Featured Review
Joyce Carol Oates takes on the JonBenet Ramsey case, from a forgotten POV.
by Ellen Wernecke
Toby Barlow
Meet the author of this year's best epic poem about werewolves in L.A.
by Andy Battaglia
Meet the author of this year's best epic poem about werewolves in L.A.
by Andy Battaglia
From The Archives
Nixonland
How the 37th president shaped politics by exploiting the gap between the privileged and the working class.
by Ellen Wernecke
How the 37th president shaped politics by exploiting the gap between the privileged and the working class.
by Ellen Wernecke
The Pixar Touch
From hardware to popular film studio, a new book tracks Pixar's progress.
by Donna Bowman
From hardware to popular film studio, a new book tracks Pixar's progress.
by Donna Bowman
All The Sad Young Literary Men
Apparently sad young literary men aren't very appealing company.
by Ellen Wernecke
Apparently sad young literary men aren't very appealing company.
by Ellen Wernecke
Snoop
What do your belongings tell someone who's pawing through your stuff? A psychology professor and inveterate snoop tells all.
by Zack Handlen
What do your belongings tell someone who's pawing through your stuff? A psychology professor and inveterate snoop tells all.
by Zack Handlen
The Slaves' War
Former slaves fought on—and watched from—both sides of the Civil War. A new book explores their fractured experiences.
by Donna Bowman
Former slaves fought on—and watched from—both sides of the Civil War. A new book explores their fractured experiences.
by Donna Bowman
Comics Panel: June 27, 2008
The A.V. Club's biweekly comics reviews.
by Noel Murray, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson
The A.V. Club's biweekly comics reviews.
by Noel Murray, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson
The Other
The latest novel from the author of Snow Falling On Cedars is rich and rewarding.
by Zack Handlen
The latest novel from the author of Snow Falling On Cedars is rich and rewarding.
by Zack Handlen
Personal Days
Ed Park says this debut novel about layoff panic in a stifling office wasn't in any way inspired by his real-life layoff experience at The Village Voice. No, really.
by Ellen Wernecke
Ed Park says this debut novel about layoff panic in a stifling office wasn't in any way inspired by his real-life layoff experience at The Village Voice. No, really.
by Ellen Wernecke
Recent Reviews
The Monster Of Florence
A true-crime story about the Italian serial killer who inspired Hannibal castigates the authorities who eventually turned on the journalist covering the case.
by Donna Bowman
A true-crime story about the Italian serial killer who inspired Hannibal castigates the authorities who eventually turned on the journalist covering the case.
by Donna Bowman
Hospital
Behold, the biography of a bureaucracy. It's more interesting than it sounds.
by Ellen Wernecke
Behold, the biography of a bureaucracy. It's more interesting than it sounds.
by Ellen Wernecke
Final Salute
Jim Sheeler's Pulitzer-winning articles on what happens to dead American soldiers is out to make readers weep.
by Donna Bowman
Jim Sheeler's Pulitzer-winning articles on what happens to dead American soldiers is out to make readers weep.
by Donna Bowman