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
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 15Entertainment Best of 2012
Two critics discuss 2012's raging debates over sock puppets, Twitter cheerleaders and hatchet-job reviews
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 15From Texts from Hillary to "Gangham Style," we look back on what went viral in 2012 VIDEO
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 5:00 PM UTCFrom advanced drones to Twitter poetry to iPhone mania, the medium has drastically evolved over the past 12 months VIDEO
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 2:00 PM UTCSmartphones and tablets stomped all over the old-school personal computer in 2012. Society won't ever be the same
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 12:30 PM UTC 20Twitter made us laugh, made us mad — and sometimes it even moved us to tears
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 3:09 PM UTCBad copyright laws, evil religious nuts, overzealous cops: In 2012, the hacker collective picked its enemies well SLIDE SHOW
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 29Anons talks about their cyberactivist highlights of 2012, the impact of arrests and who can speak for Anonymous SLIDE SHOW
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012 was a "watershed" year for marijuana reform -- and not just in Washington and Colorado
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 4:40 PM UTC 20Maybe film culture isn't dying just yet: The year in movies brought richness and breadth — and controversy! VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 6:00 PM UTC 5712 people who defined the last 12 months of American politics
Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 3:00 PM UTC 10Junot Díaz, Gillian Flynn, Andrew Solomon, Molly Ringwald and 50 other authors recommend their favorites of 2012 SLIDE SHOW
Monday, Dec 24, 2012 3:00 PM UTCFrom Amy ("Gone Girl") through Zadie (Smith), the best book critics rank the year's finest fiction and nonfiction VIDEO
Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 4:00 PM UTCSLIDE SHOW
Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 4:00 PM UTCTwo masterfully reported books and several unforgettable novels dominate our critics' favorites VIDEO
Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 3:58 PM UTCThe titles, debuts and characters that defined the year
Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 3:57 PM UTCOur favorite critics, their lists, and their rationale VIDEO
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