Monday, Dec 31, 2012 8:00 PM UTC
Talking with Daniel Mendelsohn about the year in literary criticism
Two critics discuss 2012's raging debates over sock puppets, Twitter cheerleaders and hatchet-job reviews
Two critics discuss 2012's raging debates over sock puppets, Twitter cheerleaders and hatchet-job reviews
From Texts from Hillary to "Gangham Style," we look back on what went viral in 2012 VIDEO
From advanced drones to Twitter poetry to iPhone mania, the medium has drastically evolved over the past 12 months VIDEO
Smartphones and tablets stomped all over the old-school personal computer in 2012. Society won't ever be the same
Twitter made us laugh, made us mad — and sometimes it even moved us to tears
Bad copyright laws, evil religious nuts, overzealous cops: In 2012, the hacker collective picked its enemies well SLIDE SHOW
Anons talks about their cyberactivist highlights of 2012, the impact of arrests and who can speak for Anonymous SLIDE SHOW
2012 was a "watershed" year for marijuana reform -- and not just in Washington and Colorado
Maybe film culture isn't dying just yet: The year in movies brought richness and breadth — and controversy! VIDEO
12 people who defined the last 12 months of American politics
Junot Díaz, Gillian Flynn, Andrew Solomon, Molly Ringwald and 50 other authors recommend their favorites of 2012 SLIDE SHOW
From Amy ("Gone Girl") through Zadie (Smith), the best book critics rank the year's finest fiction and nonfiction VIDEO
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