How to avoid writing an awful screenplay
I tried adapting a novel to the big screen and learned a valuable lesson: The book is not the film
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:05 PM UTCLife The Weeklings, screenwriting
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When we all smelled like teen spirit
"NYC 1993" at the New Museum offers a sampling of the earnest, overtly political art of the early 1990s
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 7:00 PM UTCLife The Weeklings, Art, new museum
Why do we love to look at strangers’ family photographs?
Like all great art, found photography invites its viewer to multiple interpretations and readings
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 4:58 PM UTCLife The Weeklings, Art, Photography
You can judge a book by its title
When I finally completed my novel, I felt nothing but relief. Then I had to give it a name -- twice
Monday, Apr 1, 2013 6:27 PM UTCLife The Weeklings, literature
Have personal essays gotten too personal?
Yes or no, John Jeremiah Sullivan and others prove the genre's not the exclusive domain of hopeless narcissists
Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 5:00 PM UTCLife The Weeklings, essays
We let Charles Krafft fool us
Revelations about the artist's Nazi leanings were shocking. More shocking still was how long it took to out him
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 9:25 PM UTC 14Entertainment The Weeklings, Charles Krafft
I shook hands with a Klansman
As a liberal feminist, I thought David Duke was pure evil. But even the Grand Wizard of the KKK has a human side
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 29Life The Weeklings, David Duke
Thanks for nothing, Purell!
I can't take a vacation without getting horribly ill. This year, I hope to put an end to my horrible streak
Monday, Mar 4, 2013 5:18 PM UTC 17Life The Weeklings, Purell, Vacations
Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing
It's extremely physical and risky
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 1:00 PM UTCLife The Weeklings, snowmaking
Illness is big business
American healthcare is embedded in a competitive medical industry, which often ignores extensive patient care
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 8:29 PM UTC 13Life The Weeklings, healthcare
Detroit: A city in foreclosure
Thousands of abandoned homes stand as stark reminders of the crippling mortgage crisis
Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 9:06 PM UTCBusiness The Weeklings, Detroit
The best author profile you’ll read this week
The New York Times' feature on George Saunders will restore your faith in writers and their place in the culture
Monday, Jan 21, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Weeklings, George Saunders
Novels about the Internet can still be compelling
Writers like Toby Litt insist that our computer-obsessed lives make for dull fiction. They couldn't be more wrong
Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 11:00 PM UTCLife The Weeklings
Is the novel beyond saving?
Novelists believe they can't compete with the shiny objects on the Internet -- and therein lies the problem
Monday, Jan 14, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 18Entertainment The Weeklings, Novels, literature
“Django Unchained’s” secret political triumph
It's been pilloried for trivializing American slavery. What matters is that it's got people talking about race
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 12:02 AM UTC 24All Salon The Weeklings
Nick Carraway is gay and in love with Gatsby
I've read the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic more than any other novel -- and with each reading, I grow more convinced
Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013 6:28 PM UTC 51Entertainment The Weeklings, The Great Gatsby
When I learned to hunt
I never thought I'd don an Elmer Fudd outfit when I first moved to the sticks. Who knew it could be so satisfying?
Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 34Life The Weeklings, Hunting, New York
Jews dig Christmas too
I grew up highly suspicious of Christian holiday traditions. My first Christmas bash changed everything
Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 9:00 PM UTCLife The Weeklings, Judaism, Christmas
“Miracle on 34th Street”: Best Christmas movie ever?
With its subversive anti-commercialist message, "Miracle on 34th Street" still resonates 65 years later
Monday, Dec 24, 2012 11:00 PM UTC 26Life The Weeklings
Who will be the Maccabees?
Comic books just might foreshadow all the next great advances in video games and computer culture
Monday, Dec 24, 2012 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Comic Books, Books, superman
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