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King of pain
Stephen Lemons
Clive Barker talks about the connection between pleasure and pain, and why everyone is a "book of blood."
The French Paradox
Laura Fraser
Americans still don't understand how the French eat whatever they want and live to tell about it.
Character flaws
Sean Elder
The TV networks obsess over personality while the candidates try to use them to convey some substance.
Letters to the editor
Letters to the Editor
Why not David Crosby? Ugly men can be sperm donors too! Plus: AOL-ers defend their habit -- it's not just for newbies anymore; violence isn't sexy.
Show me your indies
Daniel Kraus
Think it's hard getting into Sundance? Try getting into Lapdance. A report from the Indiewood trenches.
My favorite author, my worst interview
Donna Minkowitz
I worshipped militaristic Mormon science-fiction writer Orson Scott Card -- until we met.
Sharps & Flats
Stephanie Zacharek
D'Angelo's potent sensuality sneaks into dreams and turns day into steamy night.
Wake up! Is this Cloud-Cuckoo-Land?
Camille Paglia
Will we get stuck with a fumbling Bush? Given the evil eye by Hillary? Deafened by the shrill mania of gun controllers? And will Kate Winslet ever get the Oscar Helen Hunt stole from her?
Last train to Cluesville
Thomas Scoville
Corporations who don't want to see their car unhitched from the New Economy had better give up on "business as usual," argues "The Cluetrain Manifesto."
Death, we hardly knew ye
Stephen Lemons
The new Museum of Death offers a dark spot in otherwise shiny Los Angeles.
Tom Wolfe
Cary Tennis
He put New Journalism on the map with writing that shook as fiercely as it shimmered.
From the New Yorker to the rez
Craig Seligman
Former "Talk of the Town" reporter Ian Frazier talks about hanging out with the Oglala Sioux.
“On the Rez” by Ian Frazier
Charles Taylor
In an instant American classic, a great writer zeros in on the Oglala Sioux (as much as he can zero in on anything).
Smashing Violence
Annie Murphy Paul
Violence studies is mobbed by students clamoring to shred "Pulp Fiction" and analyze suicide. But is this nascent field just intellectual rubbernecking?
Rock 'n' roll will never die
Joyce Millman
Lennon and McCartney come together in VH1's reunion fantasy "Two of Us." Plus: Never mind the bollocks, he-e-e-re's Johnny (Rotten).
McCain's winning roadshow
Jake Tapper
Dancing sharks, doughnut-addicted reporters and other predators succumb to the candidate's charm.
Any Given (Super Bowl) Sunday
Anthony Lappi
Director Oliver Stone talks about his days on the field, why defensive calls are ruining the game and his favorite Super Bowls ever.
Sundancing
Janelle Brown
Living it up and getting down with "Groove," the dance-party pic that actually gets it right.
The machine rages on
Joshua Micah Marshall
GOP and Democratic presidential candidates fire their last salvos in New Hampshire.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Dicks of the world unite! Plus:
Enough already about John Rocker the bigot; who needs to sniff glue when you can read Horowitz?
The Fabulous Kingdom
Jeff Truesdell
The author of a history of gays and Disney discusses the secret meanings of Mickey Mouse.
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