I grew up highly suspicious of Christian holiday traditions. My first Christmas bash changed everything
With its subversive anti-commercialist message, "Miracle on 34th Street" still resonates 65 years later
Comic books just might foreshadow all the next great advances in video games and computer culture
These stats tell you everything you need to know about our nationwide epidemic -- and my personal trauma
I went to school at Sandy Hook Elementary and Newtown High. Now I wonder if I can ever really go home again
"Heathers." "Groundhog Day." The entire Coen Brothers' filmography. Some movies just improve with repeat viewings
As an MFA student, my fiction was derivative. Then I reconnected with my inner Dungeon Master and found my voice
It's become a staple of our entertainment industrial complex, but even armageddon can't last forever
I gave myself to the age of 40 to become a successful writer. Well here I am, and now I'm not sure what that means
Sandy's destruction offered yet another punishing reminder of how ephemeral the art we produce truly is
Because the GOP will never admit it nominated a morally-bankrupt misogynist who made his living outsourcing jobs
The Green Party candidate's arrest last week reveals how broken our system is -- and how powerless we are to fix it
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